One of the main issues in the development of future Grid and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networksystems is the effcient provisioning of services and resources to network clients. Thisshould be done by a scalable, dynamic, and adaptable allocation mechanism. The overallobjective of the CATNETS project is...

This document provides the initial report of the Simulation work package (Work Package 4,WP4) of the CATNETS project. It contains an analysis of the requirements for a simulation tool to be used in CATNETS and an evaluation of a number of grid and general purpose simulators with respect to the...

The Computational Gris is a promising technology for providing access to distributed high-end computational capabilities. It enables the execution of complex and computationally demanding applications such as simulations or multimedia-renderings. However, one of the key problems in the...

Der Handel von Produktbündeln (Bundle Trading) auf Finanzmärkten kann unter anderemdurch die von Markowitz entwickelte Portfolio-Selektionstheorie sowie Optionskombinationsstrategienmotiviert werden. In der Praxis äußert sich dies durch die Existenz innovativerelektronischer Finanzmärkte,...

This paper describes the design and implementation of Bibster, a Peer-to-Peer system for exchanging bibliographic data among researchers. Bibster exploits ontologies in data-storage, query formulation, query-routing and answer presentation: When bibliographic entries are made available for use...

The Grid provides access to distributed computational capabilities such as processors or storage space. One of the key problems is deciding which jobs are to be allocated to which resources at what time. In this context, the use of market mechanisms is a promising approach to solve these...