Player classification using a meta-clustering approach

CGAT 2010 - Computer Games, Multimedia and Allied Technology, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 297-304

  Ramirez Cano, Daniel ^a   Colton, Simon ^a   Baumgarten, Robin ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clustering; Game design; Player classification; Social gaming

Indexed keywords

ACTION SEQUENCES; CLUSTERING; DATA SETS; DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION; EARTH MOVER'S DISTANCE; GAME DESIGN; GAME SYSTEM; GAMEPLAY; LEVELS OF ANALYSIS; MIXED DATA; NON-PLAYER CHARACTER; PARTITIONAL CLUSTERING; PREFERENCE-BASED; PROBABILISTIC MODELS; SECOND LEVEL; SHORTEST PATH; SIMILARITY METRICS; SOCIAL GAMING; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS; SOCIAL NETWORKS; THIRD LEVEL;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DESIGN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); STATISTICAL TESTS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

TEACHING;

EID: 82855169579     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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