Avatar mobility in user-created networked virtual worlds: Measurements, analysis, and implications

Multimedia Tools and Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 163-190

  Liang, Huiguang ^a   De Silva, Ransi Nilaksha ^b   Ooi, Wei Tsang ^b   Motani, Mehul ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caching; Mobility traces user behavior; Networked virtual environment (NVE); Peer to peer; Prefetching; Second Life

Indexed keywords

CACHING; MOBILITY TRACES USER BEHAVIOR; NETWORKED VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT (NVE); PEER-TO-PEER; PREFETCHING; SECOND LIFE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 69949173601     PISSN: 13807501     EISSN: 15737721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11042-009-0304-x     Document Type: Article

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