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| Hsinchun Chen, Yulei Zhang, "Trends and Controversies," IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 80-89, January/February, 2011. | |||
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| @article{ 10.1109/MIS.2011.21, author = {Hsinchun Chen and Yulei Zhang}, title = {Trends and Controversies}, journal ={IEEE Intelligent Systems}, volume = {26}, number = {1}, issn = {1541-1672}, year = {2011}, pages = {80-89}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIS.2011.21}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, } | |||
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| TY - MGZN JO - IEEE Intelligent Systems TI - Trends and Controversies IS - 1 SN - 1541-1672 SP80 EP89 EPD - 80-89 A1 - Hsinchun Chen, A1 - Yulei Zhang, PY - 2011 KW - Intelligent systems KW - AI KW - virtual worlds KW - massively multiplayer online games KW - social media VL - 26 JA - IEEE Intelligent Systems ER - | |||
The rich social media data generated in virtual worlds has important implications for business, education, social science, and society at large. Similarly, massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) have become increasingly popular and have online communities comprising tens of millions of players. They serve as unprecedented tools for theorizing about and empirically modeling the social and behavioral dynamics of individuals, groups, and networks within large communities. Some technologists consider virtual worlds and MMOGs to be likely candidates to become the Web 3.0. AI can play a significant role, from multiagent avatar research and immersive virtual interface design to virtual world and MMOG Web mining and computational social science modeling. This issue includes articles with research examples from distinguished experts in social science and computer science. Each article presents a unique research framework, computational methods, and selected results.
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