In this paper we will discuss different types of control over synthetic characters in interactive stories. We will argue that, to attain a deeper and more engaging control, in ce...
Distributed application programmers rely on middleware such as CORBA in order to handle the complexity that arises from the distributed and heterogeneous nature of the underlying ...
We describe a system for achieving PNNI (Private Network-Network Interface) Global Routing Infrastructure Protection (PGRIP). We give details of PGRIP's system-level design a...
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Patrick Lincoln,...
The functionality of extensible database servers can be augmented by user-de ned functions UDFs. However, the server's security and stability are concerns whenever new code...
Michael W. Godfrey, Tobias Mayr, Praveen Seshadri,...
The venerable problem solving technique of simulation finds itself inthe midstof a revolution. Where once it was regarded as a "technique of last resort" for systems ana...
Richard M. Weatherly, Annette L. Wilson, Bradford ...