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Jones Research and Consulting founder James Patton Jones has contributed to numerous publications as either editor, author, co-author, or technical writer. Below is a list of all his technical publications (books, papers, peer-reviewed journal articles, whitepapers, technical reports, and news articles) sorted by publication date. For non-technical writing and publications, visit his Author Website.

Technical Publications:

  1. Saphir, William and James Patton Jones. JSD: Parallel Job Accounting on the IBM SP2, NAS Technical Report NAS-95-016, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, July 1995.
  2. Wechsler, Elisabeth and James Patton Jones. Reconfiguration Increases davinci's CPU Utilization, NAS News, Vol.2 No.16, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, April 1996.
  3. Jones, James Patton. NAS Requirements Checklist for Job Queuing/Scheduling Software, NAS Technical Report NAS-96-003, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, April 1996.
  4. Jones, James Patton. Evaluation of Job Queuing/Scheduling Software: Phase 1 Report, NAS Technical Report NAS-96-009, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, July 1996.
  5. Jones, James Patton. Creating a NASA Metacenter Using HPCCP Supercomputers, Technical Whitepaper, High Performance Computing and Communication Program, NASA Ames Research Center, August 1996.
  6. Jones, James Patton. The NASA SP2 Metacenter, Computational Aerosciences Workshop Proceedings, High Performance Computing and Communication Program, NASA Ames Research Center, August 1996.
  7. Jones, James Patton and Mary Hultquist. Langley-Ames SP2 MetaCenter Offers Better Job Turnaround and Balanced Workload, NAS News, Vol.2 No.20, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, September 1996.
  8. Jones, James Patton. The NASA SP2 Metacenter, CAS Workshop summary in Insights, High Performance Computing and Communication Program, NASA Ames Research Center, October 1996.
  9. Jones, James Patton and Cristy Brickell. Second Evaluation of Job Queuing/Scheduling Software: Phase 1 Report, NAS Technical Report NAS-97-013, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, June 1997.
  10. Jones, James Patton and Mary Hultquist. Langley-Ames SP2 Metacenter Enjoys Success, Plans for New Challenges, NAS News, Vol.2 No.25, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, July 1997.
  11. Jones, James Patton. Implementation of the NASA Metacenter: Phase 1 Report, NAS Technical Report NAS-97-027, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, October 1997.
  12. Jones, James Patton. PBS Technology Transfer to Department of Defense Sites, NASA Ames Quarterly Report, NASA Ames Research Center, October 1997.
  13. Jones, James Patton. PBS vs. HPC/IDC-named Competition: Feature Comparison, Technical Whitepaper, MRJ Technology Solutions, December 1997.
  14. Jones, James Patton. Enhanced PBS Offers 24-hour Support, NAS News, Vol. 3 No. 1, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, January 1998.
  15. Jones, James Patton. 3-Day OpenPBS Administrator Training, Class Presentation and Course Workbook. MRJ Technology Solutions, February 1998.
  16. Jones, James Patton. 2-Day OpenPBS User Training, Class Presentation and Course Workbook. MRJ Technology Solutions, February 1998.
  17. Jones, James Patton. 1-Day OpenPBS Developer Training, Class Presentation and Course Workbook. MRJ Technology Solutions, March 1998.
  18. Jones, James Patton, Mary Hultquist, and Rita Williams. Designing a Metacenter: Recommendations to DoD MSRC ASC and CEWES, Technology Transfer Whitepaper, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, March 1998.
  19. Jones, James Patton. Highlights and Issues at CUG98, CUG Tech Report, Cray User Group, June 1998.
  20. Hultquist, Mary and James Patton Jones. The Metacenter Roadmap, Computational Aerosciences Workshop Proceedings, High Performance Computing and Communications Program, NASA Ames Research Center, August 1998.
  21. Traversat, Bernard, Ed Hook, and James Patton Jones. A Dynamic-Backfilling Algorithm for Efficient Space-Sharing Scheduling on an IBM SP2, NAS Technical Report NAS-98-101, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, November 1998.
  22. Jones, James Patton. Metacenter PeerScheduler II Design Requirements, Technical Whitepaper, NAS Facility, NASA Ames Research Center, January 1999.
  23. Jones, James Patton, and Bill Nitzberg. Scheduling for Parallel Supercomputing: A Historical Perspective of Achievable Utilization, Proceedings of Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP 1999), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series 1659, April 1999.
  24. Jones, James Patton. Portable Batch System Aids in Common User Environment, MSRC Resource Journal, U.S. Army CEWES, April 1999.
  25. Chapin, S., W. Cirne, D. Feitelson, J.P. Jones, S. Leutenegger, U. Schwiegelshohn, W. Smith, D. Talby. Benchmarks and Standards for the Evaluation of Parallel Job Schedulers, Proceedings of Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP 1999), Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series 1659, April 1999.
  26. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.0 Administrator Guide, Veridian Systems, August 2000.
  27. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.0 User Guide, Veridian Systems, August 2000.
  28. Jones, James Patton and NASA Staff. Software System Manages Computer Workload, Aerospace Technology Innovation, NASA, September 2000.
  29. Kushnir, Victoria and James Patton Jones. New Ames "Traffic Light" Accelerates Computers, The Ames Astrogram, NASA Ames, 9 April 2001.
  30. Semelmaker, Donna and James Patton Jones. A Traffic Light for Computers, Mountain View Voice, Vol. 9, No. 24, Embarcadaro Publishing Co., 25 May 2001.
  31. Jones, James Patton. 3-Day PBS Pro Administrator Training, Lecture Material and Course Workbook. Veridian Systems, June 2001.
  32. Jones, James Patton. 2-Day PBS Pro User Training, Lecture Material and Course Workbook. Veridian Systems, June 2001.
  33. Jones, James Patton and NASA Staff. Batching System for Superior Service, Spinoff 2001, NASA, September 2001.
  34. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.1 Administrator Guide, Veridian Systems, September 2001.
  35. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.1 User Guide, Veridian Systems, September 2001.
  36. Jones, James Patton, Boh Henderson, and Bill Nitzberg. Workload Management: More Than Just Job Scheduling, Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE International Conference on Cluster Computing (CLUSTER'01), October 2001.
  37. Jones, James Patton, David Lifka, Bill Nitzberg, and Todd Tannenbaum. Cluster Workload Management, chapter 13 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, MIT Press, November 2001.
  38. Jones, James Patton, David Lifka, Bill Nitzberg, and Todd Tannenbaum. Cluster Workload Management, chapter 13 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Windows, MIT Press, November 2001.
  39. Jones, James Patton. PBS: Portable Batch System, chapter 16 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, MIT Press, November 2001.
  40. Jones, James Patton. PBS: Portable Batch System, chapter 16 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Windows, MIT Press, November 2001.
  41. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.2 Administrator Guide, Veridian Systems, April 2002.
  42. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.2 User Guide, Veridian Systems, April 2002.
  43. James Patton Jones. Veridian Releases New Workload Management Solution, HPC Wire, TABOR Communications, Inc., 10 May 2002.
  44. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.3 Administrator Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2003.
  45. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.3 User Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2003.
  46. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.3 Quick Start Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2003.
  47. Nitzberg, Bill, Jennifer M. Schopf, and James Patton Jones. PBS Pro: Grid Computing and Scheduling Attributes, chapter 17 of Grid Resource Management, Kluwer Press, October 2003.
  48. Jones, James Patton, David Lifka, Bill Nitzberg, and Todd Tannenbaum. Cluster Workload Management, chapter 13 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, MIT Press, 2nd Edition, November 2003.
  49. Jones, James Patton. PBS: Portable Batch System, chapter 16 of Beowulf Cluster Computing with Linux, MIT Press, 2nd Edition, November 2003.
  50. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 Administrator Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2004.
  51. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 User Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2004.
  52. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 Quick Start Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, March 2004.
  53. Jones, James Patton. PBS Pro 5 Administrator Training, 3-Day Class, Lecture Material and Course Workbook. Altair Grid Technologies, April 2004.
  54. Jones, James Patton. PBS Pro 5 User Training, 2-Day Class, Lecture Material and Course Workbook. Altair Grid Technologies, April 2004.
  55. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 External Reference Specification, Altair Grid Technologies, May 2004.
  56. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 Source Code Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, May 2004.
  57. Jones, James Patton. PBS Pro 5 Developer Training, 1-Day Class, Presentation and Course Workbook. Altair Grid Technologies, July 2004.
  58. Jones, James Patton (Editor). PBS Pro 5.4 OpenPBS to PBS Pro Migration Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, August 2004.
  59. Jones, James Patton (Editor). e-Compute 6.2 Installation and Configuration Guide, Altair Grid Technologies, December 2004.
  60. Yafchak, Mary Fran (Editor), et al. The Grid Technology Cookbook, Southeastern Universities Research Association, March 2007.
  61. Jones, James Patton. Grid-Enabled Commodity Arbitrage, Whitepaper, Forecasting Grid Systems, March 2007.
  62. Jones, James Patton, C.M. Dillingham, J. Utley. TAG/GRA Competition Technical Submission, Forecasting Grid Systems, May 2007.
  63. Jones, James Patton. Commodity Engine Technical Training, 2-Day Class, Lecture Slides and Course Workbook. Blue Ridge Solutions, February 2015.
  64. Jones, James Patton. Hominin Evolution: A Summary Overview, Whitepaper, JRAC, Inc., September 2015.
  65. Jones, James Patton. A Software System for Risk Mitigation in Volatile Commodity Markets, Whitepaper, JRAC, Inc., December 2016.
  66. Jones, James Patton. Commodity Engine Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), Techlink Solutions, July 2020.
  67. Jones, James Patton. Commodity Engine User Guide, Techlink Solutions, October 2020.
  68. Jones, James Patton. Commodity Engine Administrator Guide, Techlink Solutions, December 2020.