An overview of serious games

International Journal of Computer Games Technology

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Laamarti, Fedwa ^a   Eid, Mohamad ^b   El Saddik, Abdulmotaleb ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY ABU DHABI   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERIOUS GAMES;

EID: 84908352920     PISSN: 16877047     EISSN: 16877055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/358152     Document Type: Review

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