Designing games with a purpose

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 58-67

  Von Ahn, Luis ^a   Dabbish, Laura ^a,b  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^b Heinz School ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME THEORY; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SUBMERSIBLE PUMPS;

GAME PLAYING; HUMAN SKILLS; INTELLIGENT SOFTWARES; INTERNET USERS; MACHINE-LEARNING ALGORITHMS; OPEN MIND; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; SIDE EFFECTS;

LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 49249119915     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1378704.1378719     Document Type: Review

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