Virtual environment trajectory analysis: A basis for navigational assistance and scene adaptivity

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1157-1166

  Sas, Corina ^a   O'Hare, Gregory ^a,c   Reilly, Ronan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c PRISM (Practice and Research in Intelligent Systems and Media) Laboratory   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adaptive VEs; Spatial behaviour; Trajectory classification

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION; SELF ORGANIZING MAPS; TRAJECTORIES;

ADAPTIEV VE; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAJECTORY CLASSIFICATION;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 27544438602     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2004.04.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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