A fuzzy-ahp-based technique for the decision of design feature selection in massively multiplayer online role-playing game development

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 8685-8693

  Lo, Ying Fu ^a   Wen, Ming Hui ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b User Research Group   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Analytic hierarchy process; Decision making; Fuzzy membership; Games; Human factors; Massively multiplayer online role playing

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOFTWARE DESIGN; SURVEYS;

CRITICAL COMPONENT; DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES; FUZZY MEMBERSHIP; GAMES; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER ONLINE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES; PAIR-WISE COMPARISON; ROLE PLAYING; TRADE-OFF PROBLEM;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 77957838935     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2010.06.059     Document Type: Article

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