An efficient synchronization mechanism for mirrored game architectures

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 7-30

  Cronin, Eric ^a   Kurc, Anthony R ^a   Filstrup, Burton ^a   Jamin, Sugih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistency; Game platforms; System architectures

Indexed keywords

CONSISTENCY; GAME PLATFORMS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES;

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SYNCHRONIZATION;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 3543055786     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MTAP.0000026839.31028.9f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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