Date of Award

3-2022

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Advisor

Douglas D. Hodson, PhD

Abstract

Entity-Component Systems (ECS) have grown vastly in application since their introduction more than 20 years ago. Providing the ability to efficiently manage data and optimize program execution, ECSs, as well as the wider field of data-oriented design, have attained popularity in the realms of modeling, simulation, and gaming. This manuscript aims to elucidate and document the storage frameworks commonly found in ECSs, as well as suggesting conceptual connections between ECSs and relational databases. This formal documentation of the in-memory storage formats of entity-component systems affords the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, and the software engineering community a greater understanding and applicability of the paradigm.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-ENG-MS-22-M-018

DTIC Accession Number

AD1166837

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