This paper discusses the current resurgence of interest in the Linda coordination language for parallel and distributed programming. Particularly in the Java field, there have be...
The primary-backup replication model is one of the commonly adopted approaches to providing fault tolerant data services. Its extension to the real-time environment, however, impo...
This paper introduces a new framework for error concealment in block-based image coding systems: sequential recovery. Unlike previous approaches that simultaneously recover the pix...
This paper proposes the use of animal flocks to naturally provide spatial clues in adventure video-games. This approach complements the so far proposed mechanisms to support naviga...
Two methods have been used extensively to model resting contact for rigid body simulation. The first approach, the penalty method, applies virtual springs to surfaces in contact to...