International Journal of Computer Games Technology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 670459, 7 pages
doi:10.1155/2009/670459
Research Article

Fractal Analysis of Stealthy Pathfinding Aesthetics

Ron Coleman

Computer Science Department, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601, USA

Received 31 May 2008; Accepted 25 September 2008

Academic Editor: Kok Wai Wong

Copyright © 2009 Ron Coleman. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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