<s>
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
.NET	B-Application
open-source	O
framework	O
and	O
runtime	O
which	O
introduces	O
a	O
novel	O
programming	O
model	O
for	O
performing	O
large	O
scale	O
computations	O
in	O
public	O
,	O
private	O
and	O
hybrid	O
cloud	B-Architecture
computing	I-Architecture
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
programming	O
paradigm	O
of	O
asynchronous	O
workflows	O
as	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
F#	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
while	O
borrowing	O
ideas	O
from	O
CloudHaskell	O
and	O
HdpH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
written	O
entirely	O
in	O
F#	B-Operating_System
and	O
provides	O
bindings	O
for	O
F#	B-Operating_System
and	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
programming	O
model	O
and	O
framework	O
powered	O
by	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
software	O
stack	O
that	O
is	O
suitable	O
for	O
distributed	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
F#	B-Operating_System
programming	I-Operating_System
language	I-Operating_System
,	O
it	O
offers	O
an	O
expressive	O
and	O
integrated	O
way	O
of	O
developing	O
,	O
deploying	O
and	O
debugging	O
large-scale	O
computations	O
running	O
in	O
cloud	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
capable	O
of	O
distributing	O
arbitrary	O
code	O
and	O
offers	O
native	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
rich	O
collection	O
of	O
tested	O
libraries	O
offered	O
with	O
the	O
underlying	O
.NET	B-Application
framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
draws	O
heavy	O
inspiration	O
from	O
the	O
Haskell	B-Language
community	O
,	O
especially	O
from	O
the	O
work	O
on	O
concurrency/parallelism	O
and	O
shares	O
many	O
similar	O
ideas	O
with	O
the	O
HdpH	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
MapReduce	B-Operating_System
,	O
streaming	O
,	O
iterative	B-Algorithm
or	O
incremental	O
algorithms	O
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
defined	O
at	O
the	O
user	O
level	O
as	O
libraries	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
change	O
any	O
underlying	O
runtime	O
infrastructure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
unique	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Bigger	O
scope	O
:	O
MBrace	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
unified	O
experience	O
for	O
authoring	O
various	O
kinds	O
of	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MapReduce	B-Operating_System
,	O
actors	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MBrace	B-Application
provides	O
such	O
algorithms	O
as	O
extensions	O
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
the	O
workflow	O
library	O
implementing	O
MapReduce	B-Operating_System
)	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
combined	O
and	O
tweaked	O
by	O
the	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Centralized	O
deployment	O
,	O
monitoring	O
and	O
debugging	O
:	O
MBrace	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
shell	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
centralized	O
monitoring	O
and	O
deployment	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
of	O
batch	O
files	O
,	O
manual	O
copying	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Concise	O
and	O
succinct	O
algorithm	O
development	O
:	O
The	O
code	O
developed	O
using	O
MBrace	B-Application
is	O
not	O
cluttered	O
by	O
orchestration	O
details	O
which	O
makes	O
code	O
maintenance	O
and	O
debugging	O
less	O
cumbersome	O
while	O
its	O
programming	O
model	O
enables	O
less	O
experienced	O
users	O
to	O
tackle	O
with	O
big	O
data	O
and	O
HPC	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
