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  1. Visual Computing Lab, Department of Computer Science, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 03755, USA

    Christos Mousas

  2. Intelligent Multimedia and Virtual Environments Lab, Department of Cultural Technology and Communication, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, 81100, Greece

    Christos-Nikolaos Anagnostopoulos

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Mousas, C., Anagnostopoulos, CN. (2015). Character Animation Scripting Environment. In: Lee, N. (eds) Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_43-1

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