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

摘要

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.