A distributed architecture for mobile digital games based on cloud computing

Brazilian Symposium on Games and Digital Entertainment, SBGAMES

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 79-88

  Zamith, Marcelo ^a   Joselli, Mark ^a   Clua, Esteban Walter Gonzalez ^a   Montenegro, Anselmo ^a   Leal Toledo, Regina Celia P ^a   Valente, Luis ^b   Feijó, Bruno ^b  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cluster processes; Digital games; Multiplayer

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER PROCESS; COMPUTATIONAL PROBLEM; DIGITAL GAMES; DISTRIBUTE COMPUTING; DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE; GAME LOOP; LOGIC COMPUTATION; MULTIPLAYER GAMES; MULTIPLAYERS; NETWORK CLUSTER; PROCESSING TIME; VISUALIZATION ALGORITHMS;

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84872089404     PISSN: 21596654     EISSN: 21596662     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SBGAMES.2011.13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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