Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC Host Allocation on P2P MMOGs
| Autor: | Fan, Lu, Trinder, Phil, Taylor, Hamish |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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P2P
NPC host allocation real time heterogenous environments QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Deadline-driven auctions peer-to-peer massively multiplayer online games simulation self-organi 794 Indoor games of skill communication latency incentive AI and Technologies 003.3 Computer modelling & simulation MMOG's matchmaking non-player characters Centre for Distributed Computing Networking and Security Networks task mapping |
| ISSN: | 1462-4613 |
| Popis: | We present the design, implementation and evaluation of Deadline-Driven Auctions (DDAs), a novel task-mapping infrastructure for heterogeneous distributed environments. DDA is primarily designed for hosting Non-Player Characters (NPCs) in P2P Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs). Experimental and analytical results demonstrate that DDA provides four significant advantages. It is self-organising: the infrastructure is automatically managed. It efficiently allocates computing resources for large numbers (1000s) of real-time NPC tasks. It supports gaming interactivity by minimising communication latency between NPC hosts. Finally, it supports flexible matchmaking policies, and a friendly incentive policy establishes a cooperative economic model to motivate participants to contribute resources. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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