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Cooley, Benjamin. "Detecting Learning Styles in Video Games." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2015. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1369.

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Video games are increasingly becoming more intelligent, able to adapt themselves to the individual gamer. Learning styles are a set of models used to categorize people into different types of learners to explain why some people learn better through different methods. Since learning and exploration are such fundamental parts of the video game experience, it is interesting to consider the possibility of applying these learning style models to video games, allowing the video game to adapt to its player, providing a better experience. To consider such adaptation, the game must first be able to det
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Bergsten, John, and Konrad Öhman. "Player Analysis in Computer Games Using Artificial Neural Networks." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kreativa teknologier, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-14812.

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Star Vault AB is a video game development company that has developed the video game Mortal Online. The company has stated that they believe that players new to the game repeatedly find themselves being lost in the game. The objective of this study is to evaluate whether or not an Artificial Neural Network can be used to evaluate when a player is lost in the game Mortal Online. This is done using the free open source library Fast Artifical Neural Network Library. People are invited to a data collection event where they play a tweaked version of the game to facilitate data collection. Players sp
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Vidlund, Anna. "English in video and online computer games : Potential enhancement of players’ vocabulary." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-28402.

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The aim of this essay is to distinguish whether the activity of playing video and online computer games as a leisure activity could be considered to be a learning situation. With the focus on vocabulary, this study investigates the possibility that gamers could improve their language proficiency while playing video and online computer games. The methodology is based on qualitative observations (Patel & Davidson 2011) and on interviews with seven players of five different games. The observations mainly considered the vocabulary used in the games and how the players used the English language
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Hallros, Per, and Niklas Pålsson. "SIMULATING A SYSTEM : Using video games as tools to promote self-directed learning." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för speldesign, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-447884.

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As a response to finding innovative ways of using games as tools for learning we explore the design process of creating a game system meant to promote self-directed learning. This thesis explores what design pillars a game system needs to follow when making a game that is meant to promote self-directed learning through reflection on cause and effect relations. We use a theoretical framework based on procedural rhetoric and self-directed learning in video games to inform our design process when creating an eco-adapted game system that provides experimentation opportunities. We adapt an ecosyste
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Goeringer, Tyler. "Massively Parallel Reinforcement Learning With an Application to Video Games." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1373073319.

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Krča, Michal. "Making better serious games for children with ADHD : Guidelines for designing motivational video game training." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-12448.

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This study examines how serious games may be designed and developed to contain engaging working memory (WM) training exercises. Video games have a high potential as WM exercise environment for children with ADHD, but it is still difficult to create a long-term training solution due to their problem to retain attention. This thesis aims for better understanding of ADHD children’s motivation to be trained by describing the creation of a game prototype that was designed with the help from WM experts, workshops with designers working on previous prototypes of the same game, guidance from medical d
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García, Ling Carlos. "Graphical Glitch Detection in Video Games Using CNNs." Thesis, KTH, Matematisk statistik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-273574.

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This work addresses the following research question: Can we detect videogame glitches using Convolutional Neural Networks? Focusing on the most common types of glitches, texture glitches (Stretched, Lower Resolution, Missing, and Placeholder). We first systematically generate a dataset with both images with texture glitches and normal samples.  To detect the faulty images we try both Classification and Semantic Segmentation approaches, with a clear focus on the former. The best setting in classification uses a ShuffleNetV2 architecture and obtains precisions of 80.0%, 64.3%, 99.2%, and 97.0% i
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Templeton, Joey Rebecca. "Recreational technology and its impact on the learning development of children ages 4-8 a meta-analysis for the 21st century classroom /." Orlando, Fla. : University of Central Florida, 2007. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0001970.

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Lipinski, Michael. "Feasibility of the nintendo Ds for teaching problem-based learning in kindergarten through twelfth grade students." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/5760.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008.<br>The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 13, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.
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Marfisi-Schottman, Iza. "Méthodologie, modèles et outils pour la conception de Learning Games." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00762855.

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Les Serious Games sont des jeux vidéo qui n'ont pas pour objectif premier le divertissement et qui peuvent être utilisé pour l'enseignement. Pertinents dans de nombreux domaines d'éducation, ils posent pourtant des problèmes liés à leur création fastidieuse et coûteuse en moyens et en temps. Dans cette thèse, nous nous intéressons tout particulièrement aux Serious Games pour l'éducation, appelés Learning Games (LG) et plus particulièrement aux LG pour la formation continue pour les étudiants en école d'ingénieur. Tout d'abord, nous avons procédé à une étude des besoins concrets des créateurs d
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Bohné, Gunnar. "Emotions at play : gaining emotional knowledge using a video game." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Människa-datorinteraktion, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-232370.

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The use of video games for teaching children different subjects is commonly believed to be a good  approach. In  general  has  learning  theme  for  these  games  focused  on  traditionally subject, such as math or biology. Important as they can be for education, other softer aspects can also be considered important for the children and education. One such aspect is emotions and the role it has on a social level. However, it is not much research showing how to use emotions  in  a  learning  game. In  this  thesis, I  examine  how  children  perceive  and  use emotions as they play a game speci
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Bilyeu, Bruce A. "Design, Development, and Evaluation of Learning Games and an Interactive Science Lab in a 3-D Online Virtual World to Support Middle School Science Education." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1260976297.

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Cipollone, Maria. "Motivation to Mine: An Analysis of the Motivation for Extended Video Game Play among Preadolescents in a Physical Learning Environment." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2015. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/352314.

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Media & Communication<br>Ph.D.<br>The relationship between video games and learning is a topic of interest for academic fields. But how can a voluntary activity, like playing video games, motivate students to be academically productive? This dissertation used the popular video game, Minecraft, to measure the intrinsic motivation of 7th and 8th grade students in mathematics class, using a Self-Determination Theory (SDT) framework. The results demonstrated that intrinsic motivation remained at high levels, as long as students are competent in game controls and were relatively free to do what the
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Orliac, Charlotte. "Modèles et outils pour la conception de Learning Games en Réalité Mixte." Phd thesis, INSA de Lyon, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00952892.

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Les Learning Games sont des environnements d'apprentissage, souvent informatisés, qui utilisent des ressorts ludiques pour catalyser l'attention des apprenants et ainsi faciliter leur apprentissage. Ils ont des atouts indéniables mais présentent également certaines limites, comme des situations d'apprentissage trop artificielles. Ces limites peuvent être dépassées par l'intégration d'interactions en Réalité Mixte dans les Learning Games, que nous appelons alors des Mixed Reality Learning Games (MRLG). La Réalité Mixte, qui combine environnements numériques et objets réels, ouvre de nouvelles p
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Uzuegbunam, Nkiruka M. A. "SELF-IMAGE MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES FOR FEEDFORWARD OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING." UKnowledge, 2018. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ece_etds/124.

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This dissertation investigates the development and use of self-images in augmented reality systems for learning and learning-based activities. This work focuses on self- modeling, a particular form of learning, actively employed in various settings for therapy or teaching. In particular, this work aims to develop novel multimedia systems to support the display and rendering of augmented self-images. It aims to use interactivity (via games) as a means of obtaining imagery for use in creating augmented self-images. Two multimedia systems are developed, discussed and analyzed. The proposed system
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Hanson, Loraine Jones. "Learning Within a Computer-Assisted Instructional Environment: Effects on Multiplication Math Fact Mastery and Self-Efficacy in Elementary-Age Students." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2012. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3466.

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The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of basic multiplication mastery (0-12) and self-efficacy outcomes for elementary age students attempting to master multiplication facts in a Computer-Assisted Instructional (CAI) environment. Timez Attack (TA), a modern Internet based 3-D multiplication video game, was the computer program used in this study. Four third- and four fourth-grade classes of students at a public charter school received either 12 20-minute Teacher-Led Instructional (TLI), or TA multiplication practice sessions. Pre- and post Math Attitude Survey (MAS), tim
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Yan, Jingjing. "Gender and computer games / video games : girls’ perspective orientation." Thesis, Gotland University, Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hgo:diva-575.

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<p>The topic of this thesis is “Gender Differences in Computer games/ Video games Industry”. Due to rapid development in technology and popularization of computers all around the world, computer games have already become a kind of common entertainment. Because computer games were designed especially for boys at the very beginning, there are still some remaining barriers when training female game designers and expanding game markets among female players.This thesis is mainly based on two studies which have enormous contributions to gender issue in computer games area. A simple model is establis
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Edlund, Joar, and Jack Jönsson. "Reinforcement Learning for Video Games." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-239363.

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We present an implementation of a specific type of deep reinforcement learning algorithm known as deep Qlearning. With a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) combined with our Q-learning algorithm, we trained an agent to play the game of Snake. The input to the CNN is the raw pixel values from the Snake environment and the output is a value function which estimates future rewards for different actions. We implemented the Q-learning algorithm on a grid based and a pixel based representation of the Snake environment and found that the algorithm can perform at human level on smaller grid based repr
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Tisa, Lynda Giselle. "Adolescents and video games what I discovered about authentic learning and video games /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 0.87Mb, 99 p, 2005. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3181865.

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Zagal, José Pablo. "Supporting learning about games." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24814.

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It seems like teaching about games should be easy. After all, students enjoy engaging with course content and have extensive experience with videogames. However, games education can be surprisingly complex. I explore the question of what it means to understand games by looking at the challenges and problems faced by students taking games-related classes. My findings include realizing that extensive prior videogame experience often interferes with students abilities to reason critically and analytically about games, and that students have difficulties articulating their experiences and observa
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Hewett, Katherine Joan Evelyn. "The Minecraft project| Predictors for academic success and 21st century skills gamers are learning through video game experiences." Thesis, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10243481.

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<p> Video games are more than just entertainment. In fact, video games like <i> Minecraft</i> develop &ldquo;Four Cs&rdquo; skills in young gamers. These 21st century skills include critical thinking, creativity, communication, and collaboration (National Education Association, 2010) and are considered essential skills for future employment by workforce executives (Sardone &amp; Delvin-Scherer, 2010). This study explores predictors of academic success and the 21st century skills gamers are learning through video game experiences. </p><p> This sequential mixed model study analyzed descripti
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Zagal, José Pablo. "Supporting learning about games." Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/24814.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008.<br>Committee Chair: Bruckman, Amy; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark; Committee Member: Juul, Jesper; Committee Member: Kolodner, Janet; Committee Member: Mateas, Michael.
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Orkin, Jeffrey David. "Learning plan networks in conversational video games." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/41757.

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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences, 2007.<br>Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-123).<br>We look forward to a future where robots collaborate with humans in the home and workplace, and virtual agents collaborate with humans in games and training simulations. A representation of common ground for everyday scenarios is essential for these agents if they are to be effective collaborators and communicators. Effective collaborators can infer a partner's goals and predict future actions. Effective com
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Areizaga, Ander. "Programming learning games : Identification of game design patterns in programming learning games." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för informationsteknologi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17230.

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There is a high demand for program developers, but the dropouts from computer science courses are also high and course enrolments keep decreasing. In order to overcome that situation, several studies have found serious games as good tools for education in programming learning. As an outcome from such research, several game solutions for programming learning have appeared, each of them using a different approach. Some of these games are only used in the research field where others are published in commercial stores. The problem with commercial games is that they do not offer a clear map of the
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Tulloch, Rowan Christopher English Media &amp Performing Arts Faculty of Arts &amp Social Sciences UNSW. "Powerplay: video games, subjectivity and culture." Publisher:University of New South Wales. English, Media, & Performing Arts, 2009. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/43519.

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This thesis examines single-player video gaming. It is an analysis of video game play: what it is, how it functions, and what it means. It is an account of how players learn to play. This is done through a set of close readings of significant video games and key academic texts. My focus is on the mechanisms and forces that shape gameplay practices. Building on the existing fields of ludology and media-studies video-game analysis, I outline a model of video game play as a cultural construction which builds upon the player's existing knowledge of real world and fictional objects, scenarios and c
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Rutherford, Kevin J. "Playing/Writing: Connecting Video Games, Learning, and Composition." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1281125116.

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Djordjevic, Jelena. "YOUNG MEN'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMPUTER- AND VIDEO GAMES. AN INTERVIEW STUDY ABOUT YOUNG MEN’S EXPERIENCES OF COMPUTER- AND VIDEO GAMES." Thesis, Malmö högskola, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS), 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-26768.

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Kunskapen om TV- och datorspelmissbruk bland ungdomar är idag väldigt begränsad. Stillasittande/fysisk inaktivitet, som TV- och datorspel ofta innebär och som kan innebära negativa konsekvenser, blir allt vanligare. En semistrukturerad intervjustudie har genomförts på sju män i åldersgruppen 17-29 år i syfte att undersöka drivkrafterna bakom mäns spelbeteende i tonåren. Dessutom har information om spelmissbruk bland ungdomar inhämtats av fyra yrkesverksamma inom spelområdet. Detta samt kopplingar mellan TV- och datorspel och spel om pengar har gjorts p g a bristen på forskning om TV- och dator
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Scott, Gavin. "Complementary Companion Behavior in Video Games." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2017. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/1744.

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Companion characters in are present in many video games across genres, serving the role of the player's partner. Their goal is to support the player's strategy and to immerse the player by providing a believable companion. These companions often only perform rigidly scripted actions and fail to adapt to an individual player's play-style, detracting from their usefulness. Behavior like this can also become frustrating to the player if the companions become more of a hindrance than they are a benefit. Other work, including this project's precursor, focused on building companions that mimic the p
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Wibom, Martin. "Exploration of smell rehabilitation video games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-45926.

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This project explores opportunities in designing hybrid digital/physical smell rehabilitation video games using no unique game peripherals. During a 13-week process, three major iterations were created and externally tested on a small user group. The first two iterations contained five simple minigames that served to explore different types of game concepts. For the final iteration, two minigames were fully developed, a slow- and fast-paced game. The main findings were that slow-paced better-facilitated smell training than fast-paced games; aesthetics increased the player’s focus on small trai
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Coggan, Melanie. "Reinforcement learning in commercial computer games." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=112391.

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The goal of this thesis is to explore the use of reinforcement learning (RL) in commercial computer games. Although RL has been applied with success to many types of board games and non-game simulated environments, there has been little work in applying RL to the most popular genres of games: first-person shooters, role-playing games, and real-time strategies. In this thesis we use a first-person shooter environment to create computer players, or bots, that learn to play the game using reinforcement learning techniques.<br>We have created three experimental bots: ChaserBot, ItemBot and HybridB
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Shen, Elizabeth M. "Sprite tracking in two-dimensional video games." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/113111.

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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2017.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (page 32).<br>I explore various computer vision techniques and their application towards processing and extracting information from two-dimensional video games. The bulk of existing research is designed to work on real-world images
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Bloom, Victoria. "Multiple Action Recognition for Video Games (MARViG)." Thesis, Kingston University, 2015. http://eprints.kingston.ac.uk/37171/.

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Action recognition research historically has focused on increasing accuracy on datasets in highly controlled environments. Perfect or near perfect offline action recognition accuracy on scripted datasets has been achieved. The aim of this thesis is to deal with the more complex problem of online action recognition with low latency in real world scenarios. To fulfil this aim two new multi-modal gaming datasets were captured and three novel algorithms for online action recognition were proposed. Two new gaming datasets, G3D and G3Di for real-time action recognition with multiple actions and mult
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Koffi, Cole Mahoukau. "Video game development with 3D Studio Max and the XNA framework." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3228.

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The purpose of this project on game design and development is to experiment with actual technology tools used in computer games and get experience in three deminsional game development using 3D Studio Max and Microsoft XNA.
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Zhadan, Anastasiia. "Artificial Intelligence Adaptation in Video Games." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-79131.

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One of the most important features of a (computer) game that makes it memorable is an ability to bring a sense of engagement. This can be achieved in numerous ways, but the most major part is a challenge, often provided by in-game enemies and their ability to adapt towards the human player. However, adaptability is not very common in games. Throughout this thesis work, aspects of the game control systems that can be improved in order to be adaptable were studied. Based on the results gained from the study of the literature related to artificial intelligence in games, a classification of games
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White, Gareth R. "The playthrough evaluation framework : reliable usability evaluation for video games." Thesis, University of Sussex, 2014. http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/51591/.

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This thesis presents the playthrough evaluation framework, a novel framework for the reliable usability evaluation of first-person shooter console video games. The framework includes playthrough evaluation, a structured usability evaluation method adapted from heuristic evaluation. Usability evaluation can help guide developers by pointing out design issues that cause users problems. However, usability evaluation methods suffer from the evaluator effect, where separate evaluations of the same data do not produce reliably consistent results. This can result in a number of undesirable consequenc
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Cowley, Benjamin Ultan. "Player profiling and modelling in computer and video games." Thesis, University of Ulster, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.529512.

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Mubireek, Khalid Al. "Gender-oriented vs. gender-neutral computer games in education." Connect to this title online, 2003. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1056139090.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003.<br>Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 120 p.; also includes graphics Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-106). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
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Fabbri, André. "Dynamique d'apprentissage pour Monte Carlo Tree Search : applications aux jeux de Go et du Clobber solitaire impartial." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015LYO10183/document.

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Depuis son introduction pour le jeu de Go, Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) a été appliqué avec succès à d'autres jeux et a ouvert la voie à une famille de nouvelles méthodes comme Mutilple-MCTS ou Nested Monte Carlo. MCTS évalue un ensemble de situations de jeu à partir de milliers de fins de parties générées aléatoirement. À mesure que les simulations sont produites, le programme oriente dynamiquement sa recherche vers les coups les plus prometteurs. En particulier, MCTS a suscité l'intérêt de la communauté car elle obtient de remarquables performances sans avoir pour autant recours à de nombr
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Hamidi, Bijan Alexander. "An Analysis of Virtual Economics in Video Games." Thesis, California State University, Fullerton, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10808086.

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<p> Bijan Hamidi explores economic systems in video games and expands on the definition of virtual economics to include economic behavior. Gamers commonly look to gain advantages over their opposition during game play. This thesis performs an analysis of how those decisions are constructed and provides insight on where economic principles are found in game play. </p><p> This body of work is based upon preexisting virtual economic works from Edward Castronova, Zachary Simpson, and Richard Bartle. However, this work does not focus purely on economic markets, but extends to study economic behav
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Wei, Ermo. "Learning to Play Cooperative Games via Reinforcement Learning." Thesis, George Mason University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13420351.

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<p> Being able to accomplish tasks with multiple learners through learning has long been a goal of the multiagent systems and machine learning communities. One of the main approaches people have taken is reinforcement learning, but due to certain conditions and restrictions, applying reinforcement learning in a multiagent setting has not achieved the same level of success when compared to its single agent counterparts. </p><p> This thesis aims to make coordination better for agents in cooperative games by improving on reinforcement learning algorithms in several ways. I begin by examining ce
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Rehnberg, Oscar. "Static vs Dynamic Weather Systems in Video Games." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Malmö högskola, Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DVMT), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-40220.

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Research has shown that creating uniformity in video games has a larger potential to be objectively good. Realistic video games can create uniformity by implementing a dynamic weather system. The purpose of this thesis is to compare dynamic and static weather and their contribution to the overall player satisfaction. Three weather components were created: wind, rain and clouds. Which weather component that creates the most enjoyment have been examined. Two virtual environments, one dynamic and one static, were created and a test group answered a questionnaire regarding the simulations. Results
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Johansson, Daniel. "Complex Systems in Video Games : a literature survey." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4990.

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The idea that emergent content generation for video games will add depth to the gameplay experience is something often mentioned. With this article I want to make a connection between the science of complex systems and emergence, and the area of video game research and development. Not only does emergent content generation add depth to gameplay experience, it would also reduce the stress on developers, if diverse content could be generated automatically. I have conducted a keyword search on 412 articles from renown conferences with the following keywords: complex system&quot;, &quot;emerg&quot
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Younis, Bilal Khaleel. "CREATING DIGITAL GAMES AS INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FACTORS THAT AFFECT PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' SUCCESS IN MODIFYING VIDEO GAMES FOR INSTRUCTION." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/594.

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CREATING DIGITAL GAMES AS INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS: FACTORS THAT AFFECT PALESTINIAN TEACHERS' SUCCESS IN MODIFYING VIDEO GAMES FOR INSTRUCTION The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that might predict Palestinian teachers' success in modding games for instruction. An instructional game design model named Game Modding for Non-Professionals (GMNP) was created specifically for the training of Palestinian teachers during this study. This study addressed the question: To what extent do the variables gender, age, teaching experience, experience in playing video games, and
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Hull, Kevin Boyd. "Computer/video games as a play therapy tool in reducing emotional disturbances in children." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2009. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Aschieri, Federico. "Learning, realizability and games in classical arithmetic." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 2011. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/2325.

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Abstract. In this dissertation we provide mathematical evidence that the concept of learning can be used to give a new and intuitive computational semantics of classical proofs in various fragments of Predicative Arithmetic. First, we extend Kreisel modi ed realizability to a classical fragment of rst order Arithmetic, Heyting Arithmetic plus EM1 (Excluded middle axiom restricted to 0 1 formulas). We introduce a new realizability semantics we call \Interactive Learning-Based Realizability". Our realizers are self-correcting programs, which learn from their errors and evolve through time, thank
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Chambers, Christopher. "Addressing Cheating and Workload Characterization in Online Games." PDXScholar, 2006. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/2669.

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The Internet has enabled the popular pastime of playing video games to grow rapidly by connecting game players in disparate locations. However, with popularity have come the two challenges of hosting a large number of users and detecting cheating among users. For reasons of control, security, and ease of development, the most popular system for hosting on-line games is the client server architecture. This is also the most expensive and least scalable architecture for the game publisher, which drives hosting costs upwards with the success of the game. In addition to the expense of hosting, as a
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Kubik, Erica. "From girlfriend to gamer negotiating place in the hardcore/casual divide of online video game communities /." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1260391480.

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Chan, Ching-yin Amy, and 陳靜妍. "The new possibilities computer games offer for learning." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2003. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B29600169.

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Satwicz, Thomas. "Technology at play : an ethnographic study of young people's video gaming practices /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/7714.

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Greenberg, Benjamin S. "Humanization of computational learning in strategy games." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106018.

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Thesis: M. Eng., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2016.<br>This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.<br>Cataloged from student-submitted PDF version of thesis.<br>Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-90).<br>I review and describe 4 popular techniques that computers use to play strategy games: minimax, alpha-beta pruning, Monte Carlo tree search, and neural networks. I then explain why I do not believe that people use
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