AoIM in peer-to-peer multiplayer online games

International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  El Rhalibi, Abdennour ^a   Merabti, Madjid ^a   Shen, Yuanyuan ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area of interest management (AoIM); Game design; MMOG; Peer to peer; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

GAME DESIGN; PLAYER NODES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 34547195198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178823.1178907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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