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Deadline-Driven Auctions for NPC host allocation in P2P MMOGs
- Source :
- International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication. 4:140
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Inderscience Publishers, 2010.
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Abstract
- 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.
Details
- ISSN :
- 17418003 and 14624613
- Volume :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International Journal of Advanced Media and Communication
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........3c6e0af8fba950aa66ca4613724c36bf