@INPROCEEDINGS{Voisard25-GAS-MappingECS,
   AUTHOR       = {Laurent Voisard and De Freitas Serra, Henrique and 
      Cristiano Politowski and F�bio Petrillo and Yann-Ga�l Gu�h�neuc},
   BOOKTITLE    = {Proceedings of the 9<sup>th</sup> International Workshop on Games and Software Engineering (GAS)},
   TITLE        = {A Mapping Study of the Entity Component System Pattern},
   YEAR         = {2025},
   OPTADDRESS   = {},
   OPTCROSSREF  = {},
   EDITOR       = {Kendra Cooper},
   MONTH        = {April},
   NOTE         = {8 pages.},
   OPTNUMBER    = {},
   OPTORGANIZATION = {},
   PAGES        = {33&ndash;40},
   PUBLISHER    = {ACM Press},
   OPTSERIES    = {},
   OPTVOLUME    = {},
   KEYWORDS     = {Topic: <b>Video game development</b>, 
      Rubrique : <b>d�veloppement des jeux vid�o</b>, Workshop: GAS},
   URL          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/GAS25.doc.pdf},
   PDF          = {http://www.ptidej.net/publications/documents/GAS25.ppt.pdf},
   ABSTRACT     = {Entity Component System (ECS) is an emerging software 
      engineering pattern for implementing real-time applications. ECS has 
      been primarily used in the video game industry, but its applications 
      and implications have not been thoroughly studied in academia. This 
      lack of academic study makes it difficult to assess ECS with the 
      usual software engineering criteria and compare it to other 
      architectures. In this paper, we conducted a systematic mapping study 
      to identify ECS publication trends, ECS research focus, and the 
      implications of developing with ECS. We performed searches in three 
      databases, resulting in 82 total papers, from which we obtained 25 
      relevant papers. We synthesized the obtained papers to produce an 
      overview of the state-of-the-art for ECS. This mapping study shows 
      the main publication trends, and research focus, and shows that the 
      literature has identified more benefits for ECS than downsides, 
      potentially indicating a positive bias due to the novelty of the 
      topic. This mapping study also serves as a foundation for future 
      research in academia surrounding the ECS pattern.}
}

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