Modeling motivation in a social network game using player-centric traits and personality traits

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 9146, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-30

  Birk, Max V ^a   Toker, Dereck ^b   Mandryk, Regan L ^a   Conati, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Linear regression; Moderation; Motivation; Personality; Player experience; Social network game; User modeling

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; LINEAR REGRESSION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

MODERATION; PERSONALITY; PLAYER EXPERIENCE; SOCIAL NETWORK GAMES; USER MODELING;

MOTIVATION;

EID: 84937501572     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20267-9_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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