A framework of dynamic difficulty adjustment in competitive multiplayer video games

IEEE Consumer Electronics Society's International Games Innovations Conference, IGIC

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 16-19

  Baldwin, Alexander ^a   Johnson, Daniel ^a   Wyeth, Peta ^a   Sweetser, Penny ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

challenge; competence; dynamic difficulty adjustment; multiplayer; player experience; video games

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY;

CHALLENGE; COMPETENCE; MULTIPLAYERS; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; VIDEO GAME;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84893563141     PISSN: 21666741     EISSN: 2166675X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IGIC.2013.6659150     Document Type: Conference Paper

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