A smart electricity grid opens the door to a myriad of new applications aimed at enhancing security of supply, sustainability and market competitiveness. Gathering detailed information about smart grid laboratories activities represents a primary need. In order to obtain a better picture of the...

Cyberinfrastructure growth on planetary scale-including the formation of global information commons and data grids-creates new capabilities for researchers to share knowledge, models, scenarios, applications, tools and other assets integral to planning. The Global Planning Grid (GPG) initiative...

An efficient grid infrastructure is a prerequisite for speeding up the integration of renewable energies into the electricity supply. As such, the German government's energy concept agreed in autumn 2010 is pursuing the right approach. However, while the establishment of a European supergrid is...

Through recent technical advances, multiple resources can be connected to provide a computing grid for processing computationally intensive applications. In this paper, we build on an approach termed sequential grid computing that takes advantage of idle processing power, by routing jobs that...

This paper uses modified economic growth theory to compare and contrast two currently available ways of digital content distribution: the client-server model and the peer-to-peer (P2P) model. We describe a monopolistic pricing scheme for distributing digital content over P2P networks that...

The paper defines, implements and compares two empirical tests of relevant markets. While the 1997 test of the EU Commission compares an initial industry equilibrium to an out-of-equilibrium situation, the 1984 US Merger Guidelines test compares the same initial equilibrium to a second...

Economic analysis often reviews the role of principles - such as respect for intellectual property rights - in driving innovation. Given the interdependent nature of innovation in information technology, three core principles have emerged that work together to ensure that complementary,...

Securing the electric grid is one of the key components of preventing terrorist attacks in the United States and increasing the country’s resilience and recovery from such events. A secure electric grid is one that is protected from errors, contingencies or assaults on computer systems and...

A smart electricity grid opens the door to a myriad of new applications aimed at enhancing security of supply, sustainability and market competitiveness. Gathering detailed information about smart grid laboratories activities represents a primary need. In order to obtain a better picture of the...