Visualization of Online-Game Players Based on Their Action Behaviors
We propose a visualization approach for analyzing players' action behaviors. The proposed approach consists of two visualization techniques: classical multidimensional scaling (CMDS) and KeyGraph. CMDS is for discovering clusters of players who behave similarly. KeyGraph is for interpreting act...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2008-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Computer Games Technology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2008/906931 |
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Summary: | We propose a visualization approach for analyzing players' action behaviors. The proposed approach consists of two visualization techniques: classical multidimensional scaling (CMDS) and KeyGraph. CMDS is for discovering clusters of players who behave similarly. KeyGraph is for interpreting action behaviors of players in a cluster of interest. In order to reduce the dimension of matrices used in computation of the CMDS input, we exploit a time-series reduction technique recently proposed by us. Our visualization approach is evaluated using log of an online game where three-player types according to Bartle's taxonomy are found, that is, achievers, explorers, and socializers. |
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ISSN: | 1687-7047 1687-7055 |