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What is Workflow Engine

Chapter 15
Handbook of Research on Computational Grid Technologies for Life Sciences, Biomedicine, and Healthcare
Workflow engine is a software application to manage and execute a workflow process. The workflow engine interprets tasks submitted to it, creates run time instances of these tasks, and act on these tasks according to the defined application processes. In general, workflow engine facilitates the flow of data, tasks, and control of a workflow application.
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A Graphical Workflow Modeler for Docking Process in Drug Discovery
Qiang Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Yunming Ye (Harbin Institute of Technology, China), Kunqian Yu (Chinese Academy of Science, China), and Joshua Zhexue Huang (University of Hong Kong, China)
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 15
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-374-6.ch015
Abstract
A drug discovery process is aimed to find from a large set of molecules the candidate leads that have strong interaction with the target proteins. The process of drug discovery is characterized by its complexity in data and computation. A useful tool to simplify the handling of intensive data and complex algorithms is necessary for domain scientists to build proper drug discovery procedures, carry through the data intensive computation tasks and produce fruitful results. This chapter presents a graphical workflow modeler for domain scientists to perform drug discovery tasks on high performance grid computing grid platforms. A client/server system is described as the platform for implementation of the graphical workflow modeler. A case study on drug discovery for avian influenza virus is given to demonstrate the use of this tool in drug discovery research.
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Chapter 5
Yet Another Workflow Language: Concepts, Tool Support, and Application
The workflow engine takes care of the actual management of the workflow. Among other things, it is concerned with task-assignment generation, resource allocation, activity performance, case preparation and modification, the launching of applications, and the recording of logistical information.
Published in Chapter: Yet Another Workflow Language: Concepts, Tool Support, and Application; From: Handbook of Research on Business Process Modeling
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