The relevance of distributed virtual environments (DVE) and interactive 3D worlds for entertaining and commercial purposes is steadily increasing. DVEs are typically implemented a...
Over the past several decades, the compiler research community has developed a number of sophisticated and powerful algorithms for a varierty of code improvements. While there are...
Bruce R. Childers, Jack W. Davidson, Mary Lou Soff...
: Analysis-oriented database applications, such as data warehousing or customer relationship management, play a crucial role in the database area. In general, the multidimensional ...
Roland Pieringer, Klaus Elhardt, Frank Ramsak, Vol...
This paper considers the theory of social capital and volunteerism in an online gaming community, the Internet Chess Club (ICC). We discuss how increased social capital provides b...
We explore the creation of a metacomputer by the aggregation of independent sites. Joining a metacomputer is voluntary, and hence it has to be an endeavor that mutually benefits a...