A peer-to-peer simulation technique for instanced massively multiplayer games

Proceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real-Time Applications, DS-RT

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 43-50

  Cecin, Fábio Reis ^a   Geyer, Cláudio Fernando Resin ^a   Rabello, Solon ^b   Barbosa, Jorge Luis Victória ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

MULTIPLAYER GAMES; ONLINE GAMES; OPTIMISTIC SIMULATORS;

ANIMATION;

EID: 34547486370     PISSN: 15506525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DS-RT.2006.4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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