Development of a distributed multiplayer computer game for scientific experimentation of team training protocols

To support research on using intelligent agents in team training, a distributed multiplayer game in Java that executes in real time was developed. Basing development on the game Space Fortress, which has been widely used by cognitive psychologists for studying training protocols, typical experiments...

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Published in:Electronic library 2004-02, Vol.22 (1), p.43-54
Main Authors: Cao Richard, Sen, Volz, Richard A., Johnson, Jamison, Whetzel, Jonathan, Xu, Dianxiang, Nanjanath, Maitreyi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cognition
Intelligent agents
Protocols
Psychology
Training
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Summary:To support research on using intelligent agents in team training, a distributed multiplayer game in Java that executes in real time was developed. Basing development on the game Space Fortress, which has been widely used by cognitive psychologists for studying training protocols, typical experiments involved in excess of 100 trials of the game under different training conditions. Describes the design of this game to achieve these features and realtime performance in the Java environment.
ISSN:0264-0473
DOI:10.1108/02640470410520104