Identifying MMORPG bots: A traffic analysis approach

International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Chen, Kuan Ta ^a,b   Jiang, Jhih Wei ^a   Huang, Polly ^a   Chu, Hao Hua ^a   Lei, Chin Laung ^a   Chen, Wen Chin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Game bot; Online games; Traffic burstiness

Indexed keywords

GAME BOTS; ONLINE GAMES; TRAFFIC BURSTINESS;

AUTOMATION; HEALTH CARE; LAW ENFORCEMENT; ONLINE SYSTEMS; ROBUST CONTROL; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 34547223440     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178823.1178829     Document Type: Conference Paper

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