Re: [Algorithms] XGDC conference

[Jamie F. <j.f...@re...>]

Can you recommend any books on the topic? I avoided the numerical methods
lectures while at university, and so far it's been the most useful thing I could
have done there....

Jamie


"Graham S. Rhodes" wrote:

> Wow,
>
> Lots of attendees here! I appreciate the feedback folks. Starting to get
> excited. I'm planning to propose a talk on predicting and managing numerical
> error for stable physics simulation for games. The XGDC topic list on
> xgames3d.com has me listed with a title of "Advanced Physics Programming,"
> but really the idea is to introduce formal techniques for analyzing the
> errors introduced by numerical techniques, the way that the errors
> propogate(sometimes leading to instability and blow-ups), and how to control
> the errors by designing or selecting the right solution scheme. Sounds a bit
> boring, but just about everything I've seen related to game physics
> simulation has skipped over this, and it is essential to achieving the most
> robust physics simulations.
>
> I'm also going to submit at least one proposal to GDC on a related matter.
> By the time GDC rolls around hopefully I'll have some more interesting
> examples, such as tricky collision detection examples.
>
> Graham Rhodes
>
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