Identifying MMORPG Bots: A traffic analysis approach

Eurasip Journal on Advances in Signal Processing

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

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

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL SOLUTIONS; HUMAN PLAYERS; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER; MULTIPLE TIME-SCALES; NETWORK CONDITIONS; RELEASE TIME; ROLE-PLAYING GAMES; TRAFFIC ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC BURSTINESS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 59949083615     PISSN: 16876172     EISSN: 16876180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/797159     Document Type: Article

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