WebALLTED: interdisciplinary modeling in grid and cloud

Abstract

This paper presents a multi-layered architecture of computer simulation software capable of utilizing grid and cloud resources, characterized in that the functionality of the system is distributed according to a service-oriented approach, and the system supports the execution of custom user-defined computing scenarios in grid or in cloud (by web services orchestration with an adherence to existing standards) but hides the complexity of direct web services management from the user with the help of the abstract workflow model and a web-accessible problem solving environment with a graphical workflow editor.