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

The essential guide to solving algorithmic and networking problems in commercial computer
games, revised and extended Algorithms and Networking for Computer Games, Second …

With the development of big data and cloud computing, real-time collaborative editing
systems have to face new challenges. How to support string-wise operations for smart and …

Conflicts resolution is one of the key issues in maintaining consistency and in supporting
smooth human–human interaction for real-time collaborative systems. This paper presents a …

Lag compensation algorithms used in networked games require programmers to manage
the complexities of dealing with both time and shared state. This can make implementing lag …

Collaboration and cooperation are fundamental activities and processes for humans. There
has been a recent rise in the interest in collaborative and cooperative processes in several …

Collaboration plays a key role in distributed applications. As a fundamental vehicle for
collaboration, collaborative text editing systems have been an important field within CSCW …

Consistency maintenance (CM) techniques are a crucial part of many distributed systems,
and are particularly important in networked games. In this paper we describe a framework of …

In a distributed virtual environment (DVE), participants located in different places may
observe inconsistent views of the simulated virtual world due to message delay and loss in …

Networking has become a key technology within digital games, as multiplayer interaction
has become an almost ubiquitous feature. The time required to transmit data over a network …