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What is Scientific Workflows

Chapter 645
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Sets of tasks done in a specific order during computational experiments. Tasks are usually scientific applications that may run on more than one resource in the cyberinfrastructure. Workflows accommodate conditional decisions, loops, and interactivity with human monitors at various stages.
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Cyberinfrastructure, Science Gateways, Campus Bridging, and Cloud Computing
Craig A. Stewart (Indiana University, USA), Richard Knepper (Indiana University, USA), Matthew R. Link (Indiana University, USA), Marlon Pierce (Indiana University, USA), Eric Wernert (Indiana University, USA), and Nancy Wilkins-Diehr (University of California, San Diego, USA)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 11
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch645
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