• Part I: E-Science, Applications, & Optimization.- Leveraging the Grid for e-Science.- Supporting e-Science Applications on e-Infrastructure.- GEMS.- Performance Analysis and Optimization of Linear Workflows in Heterogeneous Network Environments.- Part II: Resource Management, Allocation, & Monitoring.- Resource Management and Service Deployment in Grids.- Social Grid Agents.- Monitoring and Controlling Grid Systems.- Part III: Grid Services & Middleware.- Service Level Agreement for Job Control in Grid and High-Performance Computing.- Composable Services Architectures for Grids.- Phoenix.- Part IV: Grid Computing & Scientific Problems.- State-of-art with PhyloGrid.- The Usage of the Grid in the Simulation of the Comet Oort-Cloud Formation.

From the reviews: "This book on grid computing gathers contributions from a wide range of influential figures in the grid computing environment. ... As a reader, I can find a lot of information on grid computing in the public domain. ... this book serves as a good repository of articles on theories, architectures, infrastructure administration, and practical applications. Due to this diversity of contributions from successful influencers in grid computing, the book will be well appreciated by academia, researchers, and practitioners." (Harekrishna Misra, ACM Computing Reviews, July, 2012)