Online game QoE evaluation using paired comparisons

2010 IEEE International Workshop Technical Committee on Communications Quality and Reliability, CQR 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Chang, Yu Chun ^a   Chen, Kuan Ta ^b   Wu, Chen Chi ^a   Ho, Chien Ju ^a   Lei, Chin Laung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEAD RECKONING; DESIGN ALTERNATIVES; DOWNLINK DELAY; GAMING EXPERIENCES; MAKING DECISION; NETWORK ROBUSTNESS; ON-LINE GAMES; PACKET DELAY; PAIRED COMPARISON; PROBABILISTIC CHOICE MODELS; RATING PROCEDURES; TIME SYNCHRONIZATION; UNREAL TOURNAMENT;

INTERNET;

EID: 78650163052     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CQR.2010.5619923     Document Type: Conference Paper

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