Home > Research > Publications & Outputs > Do regions matter in ALICE?

Research

Links

Text available via DOI:

View graph of relations

Do regions matter in ALICE?: Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Published

Standard

Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid. / Widmer, E. D.; Viry, G.; Carminati, F. et al.
In: European Physical Journal Plus, Vol. 127, No. 2, 02.2012, p. 20-27.

Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review

Harvard

Widmer, ED, Viry, G, Carminati, F & Galli-Carminati, G 2012, 'Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid', European Physical Journal Plus, vol. 127, no. 2, pp. 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4

APA

Widmer, E. D., Viry, G., Carminati, F., & Galli-Carminati, G. (2012). Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid. European Physical Journal Plus, 127(2), 20-27. https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4

Vancouver

Widmer ED, Viry G, Carminati F, Galli-Carminati G. Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid. European Physical Journal Plus. 2012 Feb;127(2):20-27. doi: 10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4

Author

Widmer, E. D. ; Viry, G. ; Carminati, F. et al. / Do regions matter in ALICE? Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid. In: European Physical Journal Plus. 2012 ; Vol. 127, No. 2. pp. 20-27.

Bibtex

@article{a0a8a7318cea4c57bffe2c3a3509e655,
title = "Do regions matter in ALICE?: Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid",
abstract = "This study aims at investigating the impact of regional affiliations of centres on the organisation of collaborations within the Distributed Computing ALICE infrastructure, based on social networks methods. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to all centre managers about support, email interactions and wished collaborations in the infrastructure. Several additional measures, stemming from technical observations were collected, such as bandwidth, data transfers and Internet Round Trip Time (RTT) were also included. Information for 50 centres were considered (about 70% response rate). Empirical analysisshows that despite the centralisation on CERN, the network is highly organised by regions. The results are discussed in the light of policy and efficiency issues.",
author = "Widmer, {E. D.} and G. Viry and F. Carminati and G. Galli-Carminati",
year = "2012",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4",
language = "English",
volume = "127",
pages = "20--27",
journal = "European Physical Journal Plus",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
number = "2",

}

RIS

TY - JOUR

T1 - Do regions matter in ALICE?

T2 - Social relationships and data exchanges in the Grid

AU - Widmer, E. D.

AU - Viry, G.

AU - Carminati, F.

AU - Galli-Carminati, G.

PY - 2012/2

Y1 - 2012/2

N2 - This study aims at investigating the impact of regional affiliations of centres on the organisation of collaborations within the Distributed Computing ALICE infrastructure, based on social networks methods. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to all centre managers about support, email interactions and wished collaborations in the infrastructure. Several additional measures, stemming from technical observations were collected, such as bandwidth, data transfers and Internet Round Trip Time (RTT) were also included. Information for 50 centres were considered (about 70% response rate). Empirical analysisshows that despite the centralisation on CERN, the network is highly organised by regions. The results are discussed in the light of policy and efficiency issues.

AB - This study aims at investigating the impact of regional affiliations of centres on the organisation of collaborations within the Distributed Computing ALICE infrastructure, based on social networks methods. A self-administered questionnaire was sent to all centre managers about support, email interactions and wished collaborations in the infrastructure. Several additional measures, stemming from technical observations were collected, such as bandwidth, data transfers and Internet Round Trip Time (RTT) were also included. Information for 50 centres were considered (about 70% response rate). Empirical analysisshows that despite the centralisation on CERN, the network is highly organised by regions. The results are discussed in the light of policy and efficiency issues.

U2 - 10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4

DO - 10.1140/epjp/i2012-12020-4

M3 - Journal article

VL - 127

SP - 20

EP - 27

JO - European Physical Journal Plus

JF - European Physical Journal Plus

IS - 2

ER -