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	Title:	DotGrid: a .NET-based cross-platform software for desktop grids
	Author:	Alireza Poshtkohi, Ali Haj Abutalebi, Shaahin Hessabi
	Address:	Department of Electrical Engineering, Qazvin Azad University, Daneshgah St., P.O. Box 34185–1416, Qazvin, Iran. ' Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi St., P.O. Box 11365–8639, Tehran, Iran. ' Department of Computer Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi St., P.O. Box 11365–8639, Tehran, Iran
	Journal:	International Journal of Web and Grid Services 2007 - Vol. 3, No.3  pp. 313 - 332
	Abstract:	Grid infrastructures that have provided wide integrated use of resources are becoming the de facto computing platform for solving large-scale problems in science, engineering and commerce. In this evolution, desktop grid technologies allow the grid communities to exploit the idle cycles of pervasive desktop PC systems to increase the available computing power. In this paper we present DotGrid, a cross-platform grid software. DotGrid is the first comprehensive desktop grid software utilising Microsoft's .NET Framework in Windows-based environments and MONO .NET in Unix-class operating systems to operate. Using DotGrid services and APIs, grid desktop middleware and applications can be implemented conveniently. We evaluated our DotGrid's performance by implementing a set of grid-based applications.
	Keywords:	desktop grids; grid computing; cross-platform grid software; grid infrastructure; desktop middleware.
	DOI:	10.1504/IJWGS.2007.014955
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