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2010
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
The human factors of consistency maintenance in multiplayer computer games
Consistency maintenance (CM) techniques are a crucial part of many distributed systems, and are particularly important in networked games. In this paper we describe a framework of...
Cheryl Savery, T. C. Nicholas Graham, Carl Gutwin
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MOBICOM
2006
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
IQU: practical queue-based user association management for WLANs
Flash crowds and high concentrations of users in wireless LANs (WLANs) cause significant interference problems and unsustainable load at access points. This leads to poor connect...
Amit P. Jardosh, Kimaya Mittal, Krishna N. Ramacha...
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SIGCOMM
2009
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Matchmaking for online games and other latency-sensitive P2P systems
– The latency between machines on the Internet can dramatically affect users’ experience for many distributed applications. Particularly, in multiplayer online games, players s...
Sharad Agarwal, Jacob R. Lorch
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ACMACE
2009
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Familiars: representing Facebook users' social behaviour through a reflective playful experience
In this paper, we describe the design and development of a social game called Familiars. Inspired by the daemons in Pullman’s “Dark Material” trilogy, Familiars are animal c...
Ben Kirman, Eva Ferrari, Shaun Lawson, Jonathan Fr...
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AIM
1998
15 years 24 days ago
Computer Bridge - A Big Win for AI Planning
A computer program that uses AI planning techniques is now the world’s best program for the game of contract bridge. As reported in The New York Times and The Washington Post, t...
Stephen J. J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop