Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning

E. Nyamsuren; G.W. van der Vegt; W. Westera

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-71649-7_17

Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning

E. Nyamsuren, G.W. van der Vegt, W. Westera

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Abstract

We introduce the Adaptation and Assessment (TwoA) component, an open-source tool for serious games, capable of adjusting game difficulty to player skill level. Technically, TwoA is compliant with the RAGE (Horizon 2020) game component architecture, which offers seamless portability to a variety of popular game development platforms. Conceptually, TwoA uses a modified version of the Computer Adaptive Practice algorithm. Our version offers two improvements over the original algorithm. First, the TwoA improves balancing of player's motivation and game challenge. Second, TwoA reduces the selection bias that may arise for items of similar difficulty by adopting a fuzzy selection rule. These improvements are validated using multi-agent simulations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017
Subtitle of host publication	15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Mark Winands, H. Jaap van den Herik, Walter Kosters
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Pages	201-212
Number of pages	12
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-319-71649-7
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-71648-0
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71649-7_17
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer Games - Leiden, Netherlands Duration: 3 Jul 2017 → 5 Jul 2017 https://acg2017.wordpress.com/

Publication series

Series	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10664

Conference

Conference	Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer Games
Abbreviated title	ACG 2017
Country/Territory	Netherlands
City	Leiden
Period	3/07/17 → 5/07/17
Internet address	https://acg2017.wordpress.com/

Keywords

TwoA
learning
adaptation
assessment
serious games

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Rage: Realising an Applied Gaming Eco-system
Westera, W. (PI), Georgiadis, K. (CoI), Saveski, G. (CoI), van Lankveld, G. (CoI), Bahreini, K. (CoI), van der Vegt, W. (CoI), Berkhout, J. (CoI), Nyamsuren, E. (CoI), Kluijfhout, E. (CoI) & Nadolski, R. (CoI)
European Union
1/02/15 → 31/07/19
Project: Research

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Nyamsuren, E., van der Vegt, G. W., & Westera, W. (2017). Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. In M. Winands, H. J. van den Herik, & W. Kosters (Eds.), Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers (1 ed., pp. 201-212). Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71649-7_17

Nyamsuren, E. ; van der Vegt, G.W. ; Westera, W. / Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Mark Winands ; H. Jaap van den Herik ; Walter Kosters. 1. ed. Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. pp. 201-212 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10664).

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Nyamsuren, E, van der Vegt, GW & Westera, W 2017, Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. in M Winands, HJ van den Herik & W Kosters (eds), Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. 1 edn, Springer International Publishing AG, Cham, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10664, pp. 201-212, Fifteenth International Conference on Advances in Computer Games, Leiden, Netherlands, 3/07/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71649-7_17

Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. / Nyamsuren, E.; van der Vegt, G.W.; Westera, W.
Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Mark Winands; H. Jaap van den Herik; Walter Kosters. 1. ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG, 2017. p. 201-212 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10664).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference Article in proceeding › Academic › peer-review

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Nyamsuren E, van der Vegt GW, Westera W. Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning. In Winands M, van den Herik HJ, Kosters W, editors, Advances in Computer Games. ACG 2017: 15th International Conferences, ACG 2017, Leiden, The Netherlands, July 3–5, 2017, Revised Selected Papers. 1 ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing AG. 2017. p. 201-212. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 10664). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71649-7_17

Automated Adaptation and Assessment in Serious Games: a Portable Tool for Supporting Learning

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