Data Mining of Movement and Action Logs of MMORPG Players

• Project/Area Number: 20500146
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Intelligent informatics
• Research Institution: Ritsumeikan University
• Principal Investigator: THAWONMAS Ruck Ritsumeikan University, 情報理工学部, 教授 (50320122)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000)
• Keywords: 行動分析 / 移動分析 / アクセス分析 / ボット発見 / オンラインゲーム / 移動履歴 / アクセス履歴 / 再訪問パターン / 再訪問曲線 / MMORPG / BOT発見 / 行動履歴 / ユーザ分類 / 再訪問分析

Research Abstract

Research findings cover three data mining topics for improving the service quality of online games, i.e., 1. user clustering based on action and/or movement log, 2. detection of misconduct users based on item log, and 3. prediction of retiring users based on game revisit patterns. In addition to online games, these results also have high potential for applications that provide personalized services under ubiquitous IT environment.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Analysis of Revisitations in Online Games (2011)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keisuke Yoshida, Jing-Kai Lou, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Entertainment Computing
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Detection of MMORPG Misconducts Based on Action Frequencies, Types and Time-Intervals (2010)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Yoshitaka Kashifuji
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the 2010 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'10), Las Vegas, USA Pages: 78-82
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Determination of Initial Hidden Markov Models with Feature Mapping : An Application to MMOG Player Classification (2010)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the 2nd annual Asian GAME-ON Conference on Simulation and AI in Computer Games (GAMEON ASIA 2010), Shanghai, China Pages: 46-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 座標分布及び遷移確率に基づいた移動軌跡の比較方法の提案-オンラインゲームへの応用 (2010)
  • Author(s): 織田淳一, Ruck Thawonmas
  • Journal Title: ゲーム学会和文論文誌 vol.4,no.1 Pages: 1-11
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 座標分布及び遷移確率に基づいた移動軌跡の比較方法の提案-オンラインゲームへの応用 (2010)
  • Author(s): 織田淳一, Ruck Thawonmas
  • Journal Title: ゲーム学会和文論文誌 Volume: 4(1) Pages: 1-11
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of Revisitations in Online Games (2010)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keisuke Yoshida, Jing-Kai Lou, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Entertainment Computing Volume: (DOI information:10.1016/j.entcom.2011.01.003) Pages: 7-7
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 座標分布及び遷移確率に基づいた移動軌跡の比較方法の提案-オンラインゲームへの応用 (2010)
  • Author(s): 織田淳一, Ruck Thawonmas
  • Journal Title: ゲーム学会和文論文誌 4(1)(掲載決定)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Determination of Initial Hidden Markov Models with Feature Mapping : An Application to MMOG Player Classification (2010)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas
  • Journal Title: Proc.2nd annual Asian GAME-ON Conference(GAME-ON ASIA'2010)on Simulation and AI in Computer Games Pages: 46-50
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of User Trajectories Based on Data Distribution and State Transition : a Case Study with a Massively Multiplayer Online Game Angel Love Online (2009)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Junichi Oda, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation (GAMEON'2009), Dusseldorf, Germany Pages: 56-60
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comparison of User Trajectories Based on Coordinate Data and State Transitions (2009)
  • Author(s): Junichi Oda, Ruck Thawonmas, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing (IIHMSP-2009), Kyoto, Japan Pages: 1134-1137
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of Area Revisitation Patterns in World of Warcarft (2009)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keisuke Yoshida, Jing-Kai Lou, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Stephane Natkin Jerome Dupire (Eds.))(ICEC 2009, Sep. 3-5, 2009, Paris, France) vol.5709 Pages: 13-23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of User Trajectories Based on Data Distribution and State Transition : a Case Study with a Massively Multiplayer Online Game Angel Love Online (2009)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Junichi Oda, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc.the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation(GAME-ON 2009) Pages: 56-60
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Comparison of User Trajectories Based on Coordinate Data and State Transitions (2009)
  • Author(s): Junichi Oda, Ruck Thawonmas, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc.the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Information Hiding and Multimedia Signal Processing(IIHMSP-2009) Pages: 1134-1137
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Analysis of Area Revisitation Patterns in World of Warcarft (2009)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keisuke Yoshida, Jing-Kai Lou, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5709(ICEC2009) Pages: 13-23
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Detection of MMORPG Bots Based on Behavior Analysis (2008)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Yoshitaka Kashifuji, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc. of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Entertainment Technology 2008 (ACE 2008), Yokohama, Japan Pages: 91-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Visualization of Online-Game Players based on Their Action Behaviors (2008)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keita Iizuka
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Computer Games Technology vol.2008
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Visualization of Online-Game Players based on Their Action Behaviors (2008)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Keita Iizuka
  • Journal Title: International Journal of Computer Games Technology
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Detection of MMORPG Bots Based on Behavior Analysis (2008)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Yoshitaka Kashifuji, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: Proc. of ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Entertainment Technology 2008 (ACE 2008) Pages: 91-94
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] オンラインゲームにおけるエリア再訪問の解析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑, Ruck Thawonmas, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Journal Title: 平成20年度情報処理学会関西支部支部大会講演論文集 Pages: 201-202
• [Presentation] Stay Point による簡略化と動的マップ分割を用いた学習型の軌跡の分類手法 (2010)
  • Author(s): 織田淳一
  • Organizer: 平成22年度情報処理学会関西支部支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学中之島センター(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-22
• [Presentation] Detection of MMORPG Misconducts Based on Action Frequencies, Types and Time-Intervals (2010)
  • Author(s): Ruck Thawonmas, Yoshitaka Kashifuji
  • Organizer: The 2010 International Conference on Data Mining (DMIN'10)
  • Place of Presentation: Las Vegas, USA
  • Year and Date: 2010-07-12
• [Presentation] MMORPGにおける,アクションの頻度,種類,時間間隔に着目した不正行為の発見手法 (2009)
  • Author(s): 樫藤佳孝
  • Organizer: ゲーム学会第8回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 香川大学総合情報センター(香川県)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-06
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームユーザーのゲーム休止・継続の判別におけるデータ不均一問題の解消 (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑
  • Organizer: ゲーム学会第8 回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 香川大学総合情報センター(香川県)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-06
• [Presentation] MMORPGにおける,アクションの頻度,種類,時間間隔に着目した不正行為の発見手法 (2009)
  • Author(s): 樫藤佳孝, Ruck THAWONMAS
  • Organizer: ゲーム学会第8回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪電気通信大学四條畷キャンパス(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-06
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームユーザーのゲーム休止・継続の判別におけるデータ不均一問題の解消 (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑, Ruck THAWONMAS, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Organizer: ゲーム学会第8回全国大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪電気通信大学四條畷キャンパス(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-06
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームにおける再訪問パターンを用いたゲーム休止・継続の判別 (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑
  • Organizer: 平成21年度情報処理学会関西支部支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学中之島センター(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-29
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームにおける再訪問パターンを用いたゲーム休止・継続の判別 (2009)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑, Ruck THAWONMAS, Kuan-Ta Chen
  • Organizer: 平成21年度情報処理学会関西支部
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸大学 大学院工学研究科(兵庫県)
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-29
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームにおけるエリア再訪問の解析 (2008)
  • Author(s): 吉田圭佑
  • Organizer: 平成20年度情報処理学会関西支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都リサーチパーク(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-24
• [Presentation] オンラインゲームにおけるエリア再訪問の解析アクションの頻度と種類によるBOT発見手法 (2008)
  • Author(s): 樫藤佳孝
  • Organizer: 平成20年度情報処理学会関西支部大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都リサーチパーク(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2008-10-24
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