@article {12982,
	title = {Bio-STEER: A Semantic Web workflow tool for Grid computing in the life sciences},
	journal = {Future Generation Comp Syst},
	volume = {23},
	year = {2007},
	month = {2007/03//},
	pages = {497 - 509},
	abstract = {Life science research is becoming evermore computationally intensive. Hence, from a computational resource perspective, Grid computing provides a logical approach to meeting many of the computational needs of life science research. However, there are several barriers to the widespread use of Grid computing in life sciences. In this paper, we attempt to address one particular barrier: the difficulty of using Grid computing by life scientists. Life science research often involves connecting multiple applications together to form a workflow. This process of constructing a workflow is complex. When combined with the difficulty of using Grid services, composing a meaningful workflow using Grid services can present a challenge to life scientists. Our proposed solution is a Semantic Web-enabled computing environment, called Bio-STEER. In BioSTEER, bioinformatics Grid services are mapped to Semantic Web services, described in OWL-S. We also defined an ontology in OWL to model bioinformatics applications. A graphical user interface helps to construct a scientific workflow by showing a list of services that are semantically sound: that is, the output of one service is semantically compatible with the input of the connecting service. Bio-STEER can help users take full advantaue of Grid services through a user-friendly graphical user interface (GUI), which allows them to easily construct the workflows they need. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.},
	keywords = {client/server;, distributed, environments;, integrated, interface, management;, semantics;, services;, systems;, user, web-base, workflow},
	doi = {DOI 10.1016/j.future.2006.07.011},
	author = {Lee,S. and Wang,T. D and Hashmi,N. and Cummings, Michael P.}
}
@conference {12306,
	title = {Scalable peer finding on the Internet},
	booktitle = {Global Telecommunications Conference, 2002. GLOBECOM {\textquoteright}02. IEEE},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2002},
	month = {2002/11//},
	pages = {2205 - 2209 vol.3 - 2205 - 2209 vol.3},
	abstract = {We consider the problem of finding nearby application peers over the Internet. We define a new peer-finding scheme (called Tiers) that scales to large application peer groups. Tiers creates a hierarchy of the peers, which allows an efficient and scalable solution to this problem. The scheme can be implemented entirely in the application-layer and does not require the deployment of either any additional measurement services, or well-known reference landmarks in the network. We present detailed evaluation of Tiers and compare it to one previously proposed scheme called Beaconing. Through analysis and detailed simulations on 10,000 node Internet-like topologies we show that Tiers achieves comparable or better performance with a significant reduction in control overheads for groups of size 32 or more.},
	keywords = {application, application-layer;, Beaconing;, CONTROL, finding;, Internet-like, Internet;, measurement, network, overhead, peer, peer-finding, peers;, protocol;, protocols;, reduction;, scalable, scheme;, services;, simulations;, solution;, Tiers;, topologies;, topology;},
	doi = {10.1109/GLOCOM.2002.1189023},
	author = {Banerjee,S. and Kommareddy,C. and Bhattacharjee, Bobby}
}
