A grid service based model of virtual experiment

Abstract

There is increasing recognition of the need for laboratory experience that is through these experiences that students could deepen their understanding of the conceptual material, especially for the science and engineering courses. Virtual Experiment has advantages over physical laboratory at many aspects. Nowadays virtual experiments are mostly stand-alone applications without standard interface, which are difficult to reuse. In this paper, we propose a virtual experiment model based on novel grid service technology. We employ two-layered virtual experiment services to provide cheap and efficient distributed virtual experiment solution. This model could reuse not only virtual instruments but also compositive virtual experiments. © Springer-Verlag 2004.