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International Conference on Modelling Techniques and Tools for Computer Performance Evaluation

TOOLS 1997: Computer Performance Evaluation Modelling Techniques and Tools pp 32–43Cite as

Porting SHARPE on the Web: Design and implementation of a network computing platform using Java

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Although on the one hand the Web has made a large amount of information easy to access for a great number of users, on the other it does not offer any simple mechanisms to facilitate the use of a calculation application on the Internet. Recently, however, Java has been developed, a new language defined by Sun whose features make it ideal for the development of network applications. In this paper we show how it is possible to use this technology to create a network computing platform for the Web sharing of applications which were not specifically devised for network use. The platform developed is also equipped with adequate security mechanisms which provide authentication services and, if required encryption. The approach proposed has been applied to porting the Sharpe tool (Symbolic Hierarchical Automated Reliability/Performance Evaluator) onto the Web.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Istituto di Informatica, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95025, Catania, Italy

    Antonio Puliafito & Orazio Tomarchio

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Messina, C.da Papardo - Salita Sperone, 98166, Messina, Italy

    Lorenzo Vita

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  1. Antonio Puliafito
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Raymond Marie Brigitte Plateau Maria Calzarossa Gerardo Rubino

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Puliafito, A., Tomarchio, O., Vita, L. (1997). Porting SHARPE on the Web: Design and implementation of a network computing platform using Java. In: Marie, R., Plateau, B., Calzarossa, M., Rubino, G. (eds) Computer Performance Evaluation Modelling Techniques and Tools. TOOLS 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1245. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0022195

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