Massive simulation using GPU of a distributed behavioral model of a flock with obstacle avoidance

Vision, Modeling and Visualization 2004, VMV 2004 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 233-240

  Erra, Ugo ^a   De Chiara, Rosario ^a   Scarano, Vittorio ^a   Tatafiore, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; HARDWARE; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

APPLICATION FIELDS; BEHAVIORAL MODEL; GPU IMPLEMENTATION; GRAPHICS HARDWARE; GRAPHICS PROGRAMMING; LARGE AGGREGATES; PROGRAMMABILITY; STATIC AND DYNAMIC OBSTACLES;

COMPUTER HARDWARE;

EID: 84962511142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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