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Interactive Computer Graphics and Model-View-Controller Architecture

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Model-view-controller (MVC); MVC architecture; MVC design pattern

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Interactive graphics applications are a class of application that allows users to interactively update their internal states. These applications provide real-time visualization of their internal states with computer graphics. The model-view-controller (MVC) architecture is effective for presenting, discussing, understanding, and implementing this type of application.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, the Model contains the application state, the View renders the model graphically, and the Controller modifies the model. A User interacts with the MVC system by observing the content of the view and manipulating the controller to alter the state of the application.

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The model-view-controller architecture

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  1. Computing and Software Systems, University of Washington Bothell, Bothell, WA, USA

    Aaron Hitchcock & Kelvin Sung

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    Newton Lee

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Hitchcock, A., Sung, K. (2018). Interactive Computer Graphics and Model-View-Controller Architecture. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_223-1

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