The ability to dynamically adapt an unstructured grid (or mesh) is a powerful tool for solving computational problems with evolving physical features; however, an efficient parall...
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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...
Embodied agents or humanoid avatars may effectively be used to communicate with human users. Currently there is a wide range of specification formalisms and scripting languages f...
Both semantic web applications and individuals are in need of knowledge infrastructures that can be used in dynamic and distributed environments where different autonomous entities...
Continuously running systems require kernel software updates applied to them without downtime. Facilitating fast reboots, or delaying an update may not be a suitable solution in m...