Fragment shaders for agent animation using finite state machines

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 741-751

  Rudomín, Isaac ^a   Millán, Erik ^a   Hernández, Benjamín ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Behavior simulation; Crowds; Finite state machine; FSM based simulations; GPU; Maps; Shader; Virtual characters

Indexed keywords

ANIMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE AUTOMATA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAPS; XML;

BEHAVIOR SIMULATION; CROWDS; FINITE STATE MACHINES; FSM-BASED SIMULATIONS; GPU; SHADER; VIRTUAL CHARACTERS;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 25844522523     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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