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ATAL
2003
Springer
14 years 26 days ago
Resource allocation games with changing resource capacities
In this paper we study a class of resource allocation games which are inspired by the El Farol Bar problem. We consider a system of competitive agents that have to choose between ...
Aram Galstyan, Shashikiran Kolar, Kristina Lerman
DIGRA
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Addressing social dilemmas and fostering cooperation through computer games
The concept of social dilemmas can be used to understand social situations all around us. I am looking at identity formation to help understand why people make the decisions they ...
Mark Chen
CSCW
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Strangers and friends: collaborative play in world of warcraft
We analyze collaborative play in an online video game, World of Warcraft, the most popular personal computer game in the United States, with significant markets in Asia and Europe...
Bonnie A. Nardi, Justin Harris
HCI
2009
13 years 5 months ago
Antecedents of Attributions in an Educational Game for Social Learning: Who's to Blame?
Games are increasingly being used as educational tools, in part because they are presumed to enhance student motivation. We look at student motivation in games from the viewpoint o...
Amy Ogan, Vincent Aleven, Julia Kim, Christopher J...
CSCW
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Hiding and revealing in online poker games
Poker is largely a game of social and psychological information. However, online card room interfaces do not support the subtle communication between players that is integral to t...
Scott A. Golder, Judith S. Donath