Data analytics applications in gaming and entertainment. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Günter Wallner.
• Editors: Wallner, Günter
• Contents: Chapter 1. A Brief Overview of Data Mining and Analytics in Games; GÜNTER WALLNER Chapter 2. Evaluating Gamer Achievements to Understand Player Behavior; THOMAS APPERLEY and ENRICO GANDOLFI Chapter 3. Building Matchmaking Systems; ALEX ZOOK Chapter 4. A Data Science Approach to Exploring Hero Roles in Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Games; CHOONG-SOO LEE and IVAN RAMLER Chapter 5. Predicting Customer Lifetime Value in Free-to-Play Games; PAOLO BURELLI Chapter 6. Advanced Data Science Models for Player Behavioral Prediction; ÁFRICA PERIÁÑEZ, ANNA GUITART, PEI PEI CHEN, and ANA FERNÁNDEZ DEL RÍO Chapter 7. Integrating Social and Textual Analytics into Game Analytics; LAREINA MILAMBILING, MICHAEL KATCHABAW, and DAMIR SLOGAR Chapter 8. Social Network Analysis Applied to Game Communities to Identify Key Social Players; ALESSANDRO CANOSSA and CASPER HARTEVELD Chapter 9. Methodological and Epistemological Reflections on the Use of Game Analytics toward Understanding the Social Relationships of a Video Game Community; MAUDE BONENFANT, PATRICK DESLAURIERS, and ISSAM HEDDAD Chapter 10. An Analyst’s Guide to Communication; NATALIE SELIN Chapter 11. A Taxonomy of Visualizations for Gameplay Data; SIMONE KRIGLSTEIN Chapter 12 Co-Design of an Interactive Analytics System for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena Game Occurrences; QUAN LI, ZIMING WU, HUAMIN QU, and XIAOJUAN MA
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : Auerbach
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 794.816312; Video games industry -- Management; Computer games industry -- Management; Data mining
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000008708; 9780415005579; 9781000001860; 9780415005623; 9781000015225; 9780429286490
• Related ISBNs: 9781138104433
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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