Grid Economics and Business Models 5th International Workshop, GECON 2008, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, August 26, 2008. Proceedings /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Altmann, Jörn (Editor), Neumann, Dirk (Editor), Fahringer, Thomas (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 5206
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Database management.; Information storage and retrieval.; Application software.; E-commerce.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Database Management.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.; Information Storage and Retrieval.
• Physical Description: XIII, 236 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540854852
• ISSN: 0302-9743 ;

This volume constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Grid Economics and Business Models, GECON 2008, held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, August 2008. The 10 full papers included in this volume were carefully selected from 27 submission. They aim at presenting current results and innovative research in the area of grid economics. The papers are organized in topical sections on grid business modeling, market mechanisms for the grid, grid markets, and grid architectures. The proceedings are rounded off by 9 project reports that give an overview of the current and ongoing research in grid economics.