Modeling and augmenting game entertainment through challenge and curiosity

International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 981-999

  Yannakakis, Georgios N ^a   Hallam, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Artificial neural networks; Computer games; Entertainment modeling; Mixed reality games

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER GAMES; ENTERTAINMENT MODELING; MIXED REALITY GAMES;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 37249077519     PISSN: 02182130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218213007003667     Document Type: Conference Paper

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