VMSLab-G: A virtual laboratory prototype for molecular science on the Grid

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 717-726

  Gervasi, O ^a   Riganelli, A ^a   Pacifici, L ^a   Lagana A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

e learning; Human virtual reality (HVR); Molecular science simulation; Molecular virtual reality (MVR); Virtual laboratory

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING;

E-LEARNING; HUMAN VIRTUAL REALITY (HVR); MOLECULAR SCIENCE SIMULATION; MOLECULAR VIRTUAL REALITY (MVR); VIRTUAL LABORATORY;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 2942672942     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.future.2003.11.015     Document Type: Article

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