On design and performance of cloud-based distributed interactive applications

H Wang, R Shea, X Ma, F Wang… - 2014 IEEE 22nd …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed interactive applications (DIAs) such as online gaming have attracted a vast
number of users over the Internet. It is however known that the deployment of DIA systems …

Toward cloud-based distributed interactive applications: measurement, modeling, and analysis

H Wang, T Li, R Shea, X Ma, F Wang… - … /ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the prevalence of broadband network and wireless mobile network accesses,
distributed interactive applications (DIAs) such as online gaming have attracted a vast …

Optimizing client assignment for enhancing interactivity in distributed interactive applications

L Zhang, X Tang - IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed interactive applications (DIAs) are networked systems that allow multiple
participants at different locations to interact with each other. Wide spreads of client locations …

Client assignment for improving interactivity in distributed interactive applications

L Zhang, X Tang - 2011 Proceedings IEEE INFOCOM, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed Interactive Applications (DIAs) are networked systems that allow multiple
participants to interact with one another in real time. Wide spreads of client locations in …

Network-aware server placement for highly interactive distributed virtual environments

D Ta, S Zhou, W Cai, X Tang… - 2008 12th IEEE/ACM …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In distributed virtual environments, eg, online gaming, collaborative designs and distributed
military simulations, interactivity is one of the most important requirements. The users may …

Greedy algorithms for client assignment in large-scale distributed virtual environments

DNB Ta, S Zhou, H Shen - Simulation, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
Distributed Virtual Environments (DVEs) such as online games, military simulations or
collaborative design are currently very popular. To support large-scale DVEs, an …

Interactivity-constrained server provisioning in large-scale distributed virtual environments

DNB Ta, T Nguyen, S Zhou, X Tang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maintaining interactivity is one of the key challenges in distributed virtual environments
(DVEs). In this paper, we consider a new problem, termed the interactivity-constrained …

Multi-objective zone mapping in large-scale distributed virtual environments

DNB Ta, S Zhou, W Cai, X Tang, R Ayani - Journal of Network and …, 2011 - Elsevier
In large-scale distributed virtual environments (DVEs), the NP-hard zone mapping problem
concerns how to assign distinct zones of the virtual world to a number of distributed servers …

The client assignment problem for continuous distributed interactive applications

L Zhang, X Tang - 2011 31st International Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Interactivity is a primary performance measure for distributed interactive applications (DIAs)
that enable participants at different locations to interact with each other in real time. Wide …

Supporting a seamless map in peer-to-peer system for massively multiplayer online role playing games

X Jiang, F Safaei - 2008 33rd IEEE Conference on Local …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massively multiplayer online role playing games feature huge maps that can be partitioned
into smaller components called zones to achieve scalability. In peer-to-peer (P2P) systems …