IEEE standard for distributed interactive simulation
Subtitle: communication services and profiles
By: sponsor, Standards Committee on Interactive Simulation (SCIS) of the IEEE Computer Society.
Contributors: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.; IEEE Standards Board.; Distributed Operating Systems (DIS)
Series: IEEE Std -- 1278.2-1995.; IEEE std -- 1278.2-1995.
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York, N.Y., USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Interactive computer systems -- Standards; Digital computer simulation -- Standards; Computer simulation; Distributed operating systems (Computers) -- Standards; Electronic data processing -- simulation methods -- Standards; Interactive multimedia -- Standards
Other titles: Standard for distributed interactive simulation.
Description: Communication services to support information exchange between simulation applications participating in the Distributed Interactive Simulation (DIS) environment are defined. These communication services describe a connectionless information transfer that supports real-time, as well as non-real-time, exchange. Several communication profiles specifying communication services are provided.
Notes: "IEEE Std 1278.2-1995."

"Approved September 21, 1995, IEEE Standards Board."

"April 15, 1996"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references.