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Analysis of Multiplayer Platform Users Activity Based on the Virtual and Real Time Dimension

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Social Informatics (SocInfo 2011)

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The paper proposes an approach to modelling the behaviour and segmentation of online multiplayer systems’ users, based on frequency and patterns of visits. The results presented are based on the analysis of time series both in real and virtual time, with the objective to quantitatively capture the characteristics of usage of online multiplayer platforms.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology, ul. Zolnierska 49, 71-410, Szczecin, Poland

    Jaroslaw Jankowski

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  1. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Block N4, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

    Anwitaman Datta

  2. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Thompson Hall, 200 Hicks Way, 01003, Amherst, MA, USA

    Stuart Shulman

  3. Singapore Management University, Singapore

    Baihua Zheng

  4. Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia, Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Taiwan University,, Roosevelt Rd., 10617, Taipei, Taiwan

    Shou-De Lin

  5. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block N4, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

    Aixin Sun

  6. School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University, 80 Stamford Rd, 178902, Singapore

    Ee-Peng Lim

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Jankowski, J. (2011). Analysis of Multiplayer Platform Users Activity Based on the Virtual and Real Time Dimension. In: Datta, A., Shulman, S., Zheng, B., Lin, SD., Sun, A., Lim, EP. (eds) Social Informatics. SocInfo 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6984. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24704-0_37

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