Zhang, Xin and Ward, Tomas E. and McLoone, Seamus (2009) Exploring an Information Framework for Consistency Maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications. 13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications.

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Abstract—Consistency maintenance in Distributed Interactive Applications (DIAs) is subjected to network characteristics such as limited bandwidth and latency. Predictive contract mechanisms are techniques that compensate for the effect of network latency by extrapolating future entity states from historical records. These approaches trade inconsistency within human perceptual limits for reduced network traffic and latency. This paper explores the use of an information metric to analyse the effect of network latency on remote consistency and thus establishes a novel framework to model predictive contract mechanisms as a lossy information sharing process. Such a perspective facilitates a novel explicit analysis of the trade-off between network traffic and inconsistency.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	consistency; Distributed Interactive Applications; information; Consistency-Throughput Trade-off;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
Item ID:	3637
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1109/DS-RT.2009.23
Depositing User:	Dr. Seamus McLoone
Date Deposited:	03 May 2012 15:32
Journal or Publication Title:	13th IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications
Publisher:	IEEE Computer Society
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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