Computer games, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the world, are
increasingly online multiplayer, connecting geographically dispersed players in the same …

BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e+ e− B Factory operating at the ϒ (4S)
resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson …

To support effective exploration, it is often stated that interactive visualizations should
provide rapid response times. However, the effects of interactive latency on the process and …

Online video games and cloud gaming are rapidly growing in pervasiveness. Their resource
demands can put significant stress on the global communication infrastructure. And network …

The growth in the popularity of interactive network games has increased the importance of a
better understanding of the effects of packet loss and latency on user performance. While …

We present an approach to support massively multiplayer games on peer-to-peer overlays.
Our approach exploits the fact that players in MMGs display locality of interest, and therefore …

Scalability, fast response time, and low cost are of utmost importance in designing a
successful massively multiplayer online game. The underlying architecture plays an …

In this paper we analyse different factors affecting players' perception and performance in
multiplayer games. We introduce a mean opinion score metric borrowed from the subjective …

Online gaming is one of the most profitable businesses over the Internet. Among all genres
of the online games, the popularity of the MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role …

Quantifying the latency sensitivity of potential customers/players is critical for Internet-based
game providers when planning the network placement of their game servers. Two Quake 3 …