NDLI: Guns, swords and data: Clustering of player behavior in computer games in the wild

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Drachen, A. Sifa, R. Bauckhage, C. Thurau, C.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Fraunhofer IAIS and the University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Bauckhage, C.) \|\| Aalborg University, Ballerup, Denmark and Game Analytics, Copenhagen, Denmark (Drachen, A.) \|\| Game Analytics, Copenhagen, Denmark (Thurau, C.) \|\| University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany (Sifa, R.)
Abstract	Behavioral data from computer games can be exceptionally high-dimensional, of massive scale and cover a temporal segment reaching years of real-time and a varying population of users. Clustering of user behavior provides a way to discover behavioral patterns that are actionable for game developers. Interpretability and reliability of clustering results is vital, as decisions based on them affect game design and thus ultimately revenue. Here case studies are presented focusing on clustering analysis applied to high-dimensionality player behavior telemetry, covering a combined total of 260,000 characters from two major commercial game titles: the Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game Tera and the multi-player strategy war game Battlefield 2: Bad Company 2. K-means and Simplex Volume Maximization clustering were applied to the two datasets, combined with considerations of the design of the games, resulting in actionable behavioral profiles. Depending on the algorithm different insights into the underlying behavior of the population of the two games are provided.
Starting Page	163
Ending Page	170
File Size	479196
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467311939
e-ISBN	9781467311946
e-ISBN	9781467311922
DOI	10.1109/CIG.2012.6374152
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-09-11
Publisher Place	Spain
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Computers Industries Algorithm design and analysis Clustering algorithms Games Feature extraction Telemetry
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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