A Generic Web Service for Running Parameter Sweep Experiments in Distributed Computing Environment

Parameter sweep applications represent an important class of computational applications in science and technology that are naturally suited for running in distributed environments. How- ever, the heterogeneous and complex nature of such environments requires the use of high-level tools that automate application runs. The paper presents a generic web service that enables users to describe their parameter sweep experiments using the simple declarative language and run experiments across arbitrary ad-hoc computing infrastructures. The service is built on Everest platform that provides web-based interfaces and meta-scheduling functionality. The performance of the service is demonstrated by running several real case applications.