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BOINC: A Platform for Volunteer Computing (1903.01699v1)
Published 5 Mar 2019 in cs.DC
Abstract: "Volunteer computing" is the use of consumer digital devices for high-throughput scientific computing. It can provide large computing capacity at low cost, but presents challenges due to device heterogeneity, unreliability, and churn. BOINC, a widely-used open-source middleware system for volunteer computing, addresses these challenges. We describe its features, architecture, and implementation.