GExcel.NET: A general-purpose adapter for Excel calculations on desktop grids

Author

Hassan, Qusay F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Syst., Manoura Univ., Manoura, Egypt

Volume

1

fYear

2012

fDate

25-27 May 2012

Firstpage

164

Lastpage

168

Abstract

This paper introduces a general-purpose adapter for the Excel calculations known as GExcel.NET. This adapter utilizes the .NET reflection and the Excel automation technologies in order to enable the parallel execution of the computation-intensive tasks on desktop grids via Alchemi. This goal is accomplished without the need to modify the calculation code as GExcel.NET enables automatic conversion from serial processing to parallel processing at runtime. Thus, the power of GExcel.NET does not only lie in enabling easy integration with Excel, but also in allowing the use of existing, non-grid enabled software components in a grid-enabled manner.

Keywords

grid computing; mathematics computing; parallel processing; spreadsheet programs; .NET reflection; Alchemi; Excel automation technologies; Excel calculations; GExcel.NET; computation-intensive tasks; desktop grids; general-purpose adapter; grid-enabled manner; nongrid enabled software components; parallel processing; serial processing; Assembly; Computational modeling; Grid computing; Portable computers; Reflection; Software; .NET Assemblies; Alchemi; Desktop Grids; Excel Automation; Grid Computing; Reflection; Spreadsheet Calculations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Science and Automation Engineering (CSAE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zhangjiajie

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0088-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSAE.2012.6272571

Filename

6272571