On the geographic distribution of online game servers and players

Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Network and System Support for Games, NetGames 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 173-179

  Feng, Wu Chang ^a   Feng, Wu Chi ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

GAME CONSOLES; GAME PLAYERS; INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS; ON-LINE GAMES; ON-LINE GAMING; ONLINE GAME SERVERS; THIRD PARTIES; WEB EXPERIENCES;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84937006829     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/963900.963916     Document Type: Conference Paper

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