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ECAI
2000
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Architecture for Agent Programming Languages
As the field of agent-based systems continues to expand rapidly, one of the most significant problems lies in being able to compare and evaluate the relative benefits and disad...
Koen V. Hindriks, Mark d'Inverno, Michael Luck
SIGGRAPH
1999
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Art-based Rendering of Fur, Grass, and Trees
Artists and illustrators can evoke the complexity of fur or vegetation with relatively few well-placed strokes. We present an algorithm that uses strokes to render 3D computer gra...
Michael A. Kowalski, Lee Markosian, J. D. Northrup...
SIGGRAPH
1999
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Graphical Modeling and Animation of Brittle Fracture
In this paper, we augment existing techniques for simulating flexible objects to include models for crack initiation and propagation in three-dimensional volumes. By analyzing th...
James F. O'Brien, Jessica K. Hodgins
SIGGRAPH
1999
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Diffraction Shaders
The reflection of light from surfaces is a fundamental problem in computer graphics. Although many reflection models have been proposed, few take into account the wave nature of...
Jos Stam
SIGMETRICS
1999
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
Performance Issues in WWW Servers
—This paper evaluates techniques for improving operating system and network protocol software support for high-performance World Wide Web servers. We study approaches in three ca...
Erich M. Nahum, Tsipora P. Barzilai, Dilip D. Kand...