Essays about: "Andreas Mattisson"

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  1. 1. Distributed exploration of virtual environments

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för programvarusystem

    Author : Andreas Mattisson; Mathias Börjesson; [2006]
    Keywords : AI; Agents; Exploration; Mapping; Quake 2; Games;

    Abstract : In most games today the movements of computer players is controlled by a web of waypoints that have been predefined by the creators of the map, or automatically generated by an application on beforehand. This data is precompiled to save precious CPU cycles for the player of the game, but what if we want these computer players to be able to explore how to get around the map by themselves? How could this be done and how would the result change if we had several of these players cooperating to explore the map? We explore some of the possibilities for exploration and discovery of maps using approaches that is often found in robotics. READ MORE