Jan Dunnweber has been working as a reasearcher in grid computing at the University of Munster since 2003. His work focuses on programming methodologies for grid platforms. Sergei Gorlatch is a professor in computer science at the University of Munster, Germany. His areas of expertise include high-performance computing, program calculi, as well as performance modeling, prediction and MPI programming.

From the reviews: "Dunnweber and Gorlatch's book provides an in-depth view of grid computing - the technology allowing for sharing and accessing various resources located over the Internet. The authors successfully present the challenges of software development in grid environments ... . For beginners, this book provides a necessary introduction to the grid programming issues. For professionals, it provides solutions to particular, important problems. ... a proper reference in the area of grid programming for students, researchers, as well as distributed software developers for the years to come." (Jozef Wozniak, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1179, 2010)

• HOCs: Software Components for Grid Programming.- Higher-Order Component Service Architecture (HOC-SA).- Applications of Higher-Order Components.- HOCs With Embedded Scheduling and Loop Parallelization.- Conclusions and Related Work.

Jan Dunnweber has been working as a reasearcher in grid computing at the University of Munster since 2003. His work focuses on programming methodologies for grid platforms. Sergei Gorlatch is a professor in computer science at the University of Munster, Germany. His areas of expertise include high-performance computing, program calculi, as well as performance modeling, prediction and MPI programming.

From the reviews: "Dunnweber and Gorlatch's book provides an in-depth view of grid computing - the technology allowing for sharing and accessing various resources located over the Internet. The authors successfully present the challenges of software development in grid environments ... . For beginners, this book provides a necessary introduction to the grid programming issues. For professionals, it provides solutions to particular, important problems. ... a proper reference in the area of grid programming for students, researchers, as well as distributed software developers for the years to come." (Jozef Wozniak, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1179, 2010)

• HOCs: Software Components for Grid Programming.- Higher-Order Component Service Architecture (HOC-SA).- Applications of Higher-Order Components.- HOCs With Embedded Scheduling and Loop Parallelization.- Conclusions and Related Work.

Jan Dunnweber has been working as a reasearcher in grid computing at the University of Munster since 2003. His work focuses on programming methodologies for grid platforms. Sergei Gorlatch is a professor in computer science at the University of Munster, Germany. His areas of expertise include high-performance computing, program calculi, as well as performance modeling, prediction and MPI programming.

From the reviews: "Dunnweber and Gorlatch's book provides an in-depth view of grid computing - the technology allowing for sharing and accessing various resources located over the Internet. The authors successfully present the challenges of software development in grid environments ... . For beginners, this book provides a necessary introduction to the grid programming issues. For professionals, it provides solutions to particular, important problems. ... a proper reference in the area of grid programming for students, researchers, as well as distributed software developers for the years to come." (Jozef Wozniak, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1179, 2010)

• HOCs: Software Components for Grid Programming.- Higher-Order Component Service Architecture (HOC-SA).- Applications of Higher-Order Components.- HOCs With Embedded Scheduling and Loop Parallelization.- Conclusions and Related Work.