Network traffic analysis and evaluation of a multi-user virtual environment

Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory

Volumn 26, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Font, Juan L ^a   Cascado, Daniel ^a   Sevillano, José L ^a   Díaz Del Río, Fernando ^a   Jiménez, Gabriel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Micro scale model; Network traffic; Open Wonderland; Virtual world

Indexed keywords

BLACK BOX APPROACH; GOODNESS OF FIT; MAXIMUM VALUES; MICRO-SCALES; MULTI-USER VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; NETWORK REQUIREMENTS; NETWORK RESOURCE; NETWORK SCENARIO; NETWORK TRAFFIC; NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; OPEN WONDERLAND; PEARSON CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DEVIATIONS; TRAFFIC GENERATION; USER EXPERIENCE; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

CORRELATION METHODS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84862512925     PISSN: 1569190X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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