Shadowing effects dramatically enhance the realism of virtual environments by providing useful visual cues. Shadow mapping is an efficient algorithm for real-time shadow renderin...
: We present an extension of the programming-by-contract (PBC) paradigm to a concurrent and distributed environment. Classical PBC is characterized by absolute conformance of code ...
Anders Starcke Henriksen, Tom Hvitved, Andrzej Fil...
Networked virtual environments (NVEs) are computergenerated virtual worlds where users interact by exchanging messages via network connections. Each NVE user often pays attention ...
The GRIA project set out to make the Grid usable by industry. The GRIA middleware is based on Web Services, and designed to meet the needs of industry for security and business-to...
Mike Surridge, Steve Taylor, David De Roure, Ed Za...
In this short paper we examine the integration of three emerging trends in Information Technology (Utility Computing, Grid Computing, and Web Services) into a new Computing paradig...
Stefan Wesner, Bassem Serhan, Theodosis Dimitrakos...