Re: DIS Behaviors

Bernie Roehl ([email protected])
Sat, 21 Oct 1995 08:36:48 -0400

Luke Hoffman writes:
> >> Last time I looked there were 26 different types of PDUs.
> >
> >... which is one of my objections ...
> >
> Is it the number of PDUs or the fact tmat so many of them are useful only
> for a specific application (i.e. military)?

Both, really; 26 types of PDU mean the spec is fairly bulky and complex
to implement. And yes, a lot of them are too narrowly focussed on tme
problem domain that we've traditionally associated with DIS (i.e., military
simulations).

> There was a good article in IEEE Computer graphics in September that covered
> a lot of these issues: "Exploiting Reality with Multicast Groups" from the
> folks at the Naval Post Graduate School I think I'll go rsrsad it.

Yes, it's *definitely* worthwhile rsading.

In fact, that whole issue is worth checking out.

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   Bernie Roehl
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