The virtual marathon: Parallel computing supports crowd simulations

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 26-33

  Yilmaz, Erdal ^a   Isler, Veysi ^a   Çetin, Yasemin Yardimci ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computational modeling; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy sets; Parallel; Populace; Real time systems; Rendering (computer graphics); Simulation; Three dimensional displays; Virtual

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL MODELING; PARALLEL; POPULACE; RENDERING (COMPUTER GRAPHICS); SIMULATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYS; VIRTUAL;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FUZZY LOGIC; FUZZY SETS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWDING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URBAN POPULATION;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CROWDING; FUZZY LOGIC; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; URBAN POPULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 68349139426     PISSN: 02721716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCG.2009.77     Document Type: Article

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