Contents

• Conceptual Overview
  • User Layer
  • Server Layer
  • Workstation Layer
  
  
• Implementation
  • Communication
  • Software
  • Security
  
  
• Applications and Tools
  • optimaster
  • optiworker
  • optirunner
    • XML description
  • Optimization Algorithms
    • PSO
    • ADPSO
    • SPSA
    • GA
    • Systematic Search
  • optirooter
  • optiextractor
  • opticommand
  • Dispatchers
    • Webots
    • External
    • Blender
  
  
• Practical Information and Examples
  • Practical Information
  • Distributing Jobs
    • Becoming a Member
    • Tokens
    • Running on the biorob servers
    • Use of custom libraries
    • Specifying the master
    • Local storage
    • Common pitfalls
  • Examples
  • Monitoring Progress
  
  
• Bibliography