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BIRTHDAY
2009
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Some Notes on Models and Modelling
Analytical models are a fundamental tool in the development of computer-based systems of every kind: their essential purpose is to support human understanding and reasoning in deve...
Michael Jackson
C5
2005
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Suggestions for New Features to Support Collaborative Learning in Virtual Worlds
The authors have some experience in building virtual worlds for education purposes, in archaeology and for language learning. However, many mainstream world-building applications ...
Erik Champion, Sachiyo Sekiguchi
JCD
2000
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13 years 7 months ago
Participating from the sidelines, online: facilitating telementoring projects
Asynchronous, text-based communication is different from most other forms of interchange in important ways. It lacks the full spectrum of visual and audible information that peopl...
Judith B. Harris, Candace Figg
SI3D
1999
ACM
14 years 7 days ago
Computing bounding volume hierarchies using model simplification
This paper presents a framework that uses the outputs of model simplification to guide the construction of bounding volume hierarchies for use in, for example, collision detection...
Tiow Seng Tan, Ket-Fah Chong, Kok-Lim Low
CASCON
1996
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13 years 9 months ago
Automatic generation of performance models for distributed application systems
Organizations have become increasingly dependent on computing systems to achieve their business goals. The performance of these systems in terms of response times and cost has a m...
M. Qin, R. Lee, Asham El Rayess, Vidar Vetland, Je...