The Petri Net model for the collaborative virtual environment on the web

Tamkang Journal of Science and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 267-281

  Huang, Jiung Yao ^a   Deng, Lawrence Y ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Common Gateway Interface; Dead Reckoning; Distributive Interactive Simulation; Petri Net and Virtual Reality; World Wide Web

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SERVERS; USER INTERFACES; WEB BROWSERS; WEBSITES;

COMMON GATEWAY INTERFACE; DEAD RECKONING; DISTRIBUTIVE INTERACTIVE SIMULATION; PETRI NET MODELING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 2942589257     PISSN: 15606686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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