A task-based load distribution scheme for multi-server-based distributed virtual environment systems

Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-38

  Lim, Mingyu ^a   Lee, Dongman ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 59349120501     PISSN: 10547460     EISSN: 15313263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/pres.18.1.16     Document Type: Article

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