Abstract

Even though common Grid Management Software, like Condor or the SUN Grid Engine, features sophisticated functionality to execute and observe jobs on a computing Grid, it often lacks a comprehensive support for multi-modal access, security, accounting and advanced messaging. To tackle these shortcomings, the concept of an agent-based Advanced Grid Management Software is introduced. The approach envisions a multi-agent architecture forming an additional access and management layer which rests on top of conventional Grid Management Software implementations. Agents are supposed to remedy the aforementioned deficiencies by providing value-added services which extend the basic functionalities of the underlying Grid. An agent-based service platform for multi-modal access is used to feature an enhanced user interface to the functionality offered by the Advanced Grid Management Software.

@journal{...,
author = {Sahin Albayrak and Silvan Kaiser and Jan Stender},
booktitle = {International Journal, Multiagent and Grid Systems},
chapter = { ...},
editor = {Daniel J. Veit, Torsten Eymann, Nicholas R. Jennings, Jörg P. Müller},
institution = {...},
organization = {...},
publisher = {IOS Press}, 
series = {Multiagent and Grid Systems},
volume = {1},
pages = {263 - 270},
month = {...},
year = {2005},
ISBN = {...},
ISSN = {...},
}