Characterization of user behavior in a multi-player online game

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 265, Issue , 2005, Pages 69-74

  Kwok, Michael ^a   Yeung, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

multi player online game; user behavior modeling; workload characterization

Indexed keywords

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY; INTER-ARRIVAL TIME; INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; MEASUREMENT DATA; MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE GAMES; PERFORMANCE STUDY; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESIDENCE TIME; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; USER BEHAVIOR MODELING; USER BEHAVIORS; VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; WORK-LOAD MODELS; WORKLOAD CHARACTERIZATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 67649396198     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1178477.1178486     Document Type: Conference Paper

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