Games - Science topic

To quantify and compare the external peak demands (PD) encountered according to game result (win vs. loss), quarter result (win vs. tie vs. loss), and quarter point difference (± difference in score) in under-18 years (U18), male basketball players. Thirteen basketball players had external load variables monitored across 9 games using local positio...

Agent-based modelling is a powerful tool when simulating human systems, yet when human behaviour cannot be described by simple rules or maximizing one’s own profit, we quickly reach the limits of this methodology. Machine learning has the potential to bridge this gap by providing a link between what people observe and how they act in order to reach...

Book on mean-field-type games (under preparation)

This article addresses several key issues that have been raised related to subjective training load (TL) monitoring. These key issues include how TL is calculated if subjective TL can be used to model sports performance and where subjective TL monitoring fits into an overall decision-making framework for practitioners. Regarding how TL is calculate...

In this paper, we aim to develop distributed continuous-time algorithms over directed graphs to seek the Nash equilibrium in a noncooperative game. Motivated by the recent consensus-based designs, we present a distributed algorithm with a proportional gain for weight-balanced directed graphs. By further embedding a distributed estimator of the left...

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Objective Researchers have investigated human altruism toward strangers for decades, using economic games such as the dictator game (DG) in their experiments. However, factors that cause the allocating behavior exhibited by those participants willing to be recipients in the DG have not been identified and the psychological mechanism of avoiding dec...

Research and games both require the participant to make a series of choices. Active learning is a process borrowed from machine learning for algorithmically making choices that has become increasingly used to accelerate materials research. While this process may seem opaque to researchers outside the field of machine learning, examining active lear...

In the last few years several philosophers have highlighted the social dimension of imagination. In this paper I argue that thought experiments prompt social uses of imaginings, if we understand them as props in games of make-believe. In prescribing to imagine stories that develop through fictional narratives, authors of thought experiments prompt...

Software bug database and benchmark are the wheels of advancing automated software testing. In practice, real bugs often occur sparsely relative to the amount of software code, the extraction and curation of which are quite labor-intensive but can be essential to facilitate the innovation of testing techniques. Over the past decade, several milesto...

Game Learning Analytics comprise the collection, analysis, and visualization of players’ interactions with serious games. The information gathered from these analytics can help both to improve serious games and to better understand players’ actions and strategies, as well as to improve players’ assessment. However, the application of analytics is a...

We examine two aspects of decentralized governance by conducting lab-in-the-field experiments in five villages in Central and Eastern Europe. We experimentally test the effect of (1) democratically elected local leader’s endorsement and (2) citizen’s participation in the choice of environmental public goods (EPG) on their voluntary contributions. O...

Esports, like traditional sports, face governance challenges such as foul play and match fixing. The esports industry has seen various attempts at governance structure but is yet to form a consensus. In this study, we explore esports governance in League of Legends (LoL), a major esports title. Through a two-stage, mixed-methods analysis of rule en...

This paper studies the facility location game with payments, in which customers and facilities are located at publicly known locations on a line segment, and the facilities are strategic players. Each facility has an opening-cost as her private information, and she may strategically report it. Upon receiving the reports, the government uses a mecha...

We consider a system of finite horizon, sequentially interconnected, obliquely reflected backward stochastic differential equations (RBSDEs) with stochastic Lipschitz coefficients. We show existence of solutions to our system of RBSDEs by applying a Picard iteration approach. Uniqueness then follows by relating the limit to an auxiliary impulse con...

Play is important for child development and robot-assisted play is very popular in Human-Robot Interaction as it creates more engaging and realistic setups for user studies. Adaptive game-play is also an emerging research field and a good way to provide a personalized experience while adapting to individual user's needs. In this paper, we analyze j...

Although people derive substantial benefit from social connection, they often refrain from talking to strangers because they have pessimistic expectations about how such conversations will go (e.g., they believe they will be rejected or not know what to say). Previous research has attempted but failed to get people to realize that their concerns ab...

Within a noncooperative transboundary pollution dynamic game, we study the strategic impact of a region’s investment in the adoption of a cleaner technology, as embodied by a reduction in the emission per output ratio, on the equilibrium outcomes and regions’ welfare. The ratio of emissions to output is endogenous and is a decreasing function of th...

This article studies from a philological point of view the textual tradition of the riddles of the Adevineaux amoureux , a collection of verbal games published in Bruges by Colard Mansion in the last decades of the fifteenth century. The investigation provides two results. On the one hand, it is possible to retrace the genealogy of the witnesses of...

Standard approaches to model interaction networks are limited in their capacity to describe the nuances of real communication. We present a game theoretical framework to quantify the effect of intermediaries on the interaction between agents. Inspired by the seminal work Myerson (1977). on cooperative structures in cooperative games, we set the bas...

This paper considers a capital accumulation game where the installation costs of investments are lowered by the firm’s own capital stock because of learning and by the competitor’s capital stock because of spillover effects. To properly understand the impact of the two capital stocks, we consider six information structures which differ in whether a...

Various Nash equilibrium results for a broad class of aggregative games are presented. The main ones concern equilibrium uniqueness. The setting presupposes that each player has R+\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{u...

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı 13-17 yaş arası çocukların dijital oyun bağımlılığı ile sosyal becerileri arasındaki ilişkileri incelemek ve çocukların sahip oldukları sosyal becerileri açıklamada onların sosyo-demografik bilgileri ile birlikte dijital oyun bağımlılığının anlamlı bir ilişkiye sahip olup olmadığını ortaya koymaktır. Yöntem: Çalışmada dij...

We consider a class of Mean Field Games in which the agents may interact through the statistical distribution of their states and controls. It is supposed that the Hamiltonian behaves like a power of its arguments as they tend to infinity, with an exponent larger than one. A monotonicity assumption is also made. Existence and uniqueness are proved...

The Goore Game (GG) is a model for collective decision-making under uncertainty, which can be used as a tool for stochastic optimization of a discrete variable function. The Goore Game has a fascinating property that can be resolved in an entirely distributed manner with no intercommunication between the players. In this paper, we introduce a new m...

In merger enforcement, entry is considered to be a factor that potentially can mitigate otherwise anti-competitive effects of a merger. The current framework for entry analysis evaluates whether potential entrants are likely to have the incentives and ability to enter the industry under the conditions of elevated profitability that are created by a...

A simple sufficient condition is proved for symmetric Markov subgame perfect Nash equilibria in public-good differential games with a single state variable. The condition admits equilibria in feedback strategies that have discontinuous dependence on the state variable. The application of the condition is demonstrated in the Dockner–Long model for i...

We consider a general model of financial flows and prices with multiple sectors and instruments. Each sector optimizes the composition of assets and liabilities in its portfolio, whose utility is given by a quadratic function constrained to satisfy the accounting identity that appears in flow-of-funds accounts and the equilibrium conditions that gu...

This paper proposes a two-step framework for techno-economic analysis of a demand-side flexibility service in distribution networks. Step one applies optimization-based modelling to propose a generic problem formulation which determines the offer curve, in terms of available flexible capacity and its marginal cost, for flexible distribution-connect...

With the invention of the COVID-19 vaccine, shipping and distributing are crucial in controlling the pandemic. In this paper, we build a mean-field variational problem in a spatial domain, which controls the propagation of pandemics by the optimal transportation strategy of vaccine distribution. Here, we integrate the vaccine distribution into the...

We consider a large population of firms in a market environment. The firms are divided into a finite set of types, with each type being characterized by a distinct private cost function. Moreover, the firms generate an external cost like pollution in the production process. As a result, the Nash equilibrium outcome is not socially optimal. We propo...

I study a two-player repeated game where payoffs are asymmetric. Attempts to form cooperative agreements in such an environment, for example by pro-rating actions relative to the one-shot Nash equilibrium, have generally struggled in practice. I show that cooperative arrangements when payoff functions are asymmetric tend to disproportionately favor...

This study develops a two-country differential game model of transboundary pollution control with a continuum of polluting and oligopolistic industries. Governments choose the paths of their pollution permits, the market-clearing prices of which are determined endogenously, as in a general oligopolistic equilibrium model. We consider both autarky a...

This research aims to determine middle school students' attitudes towards the Turkish lesson and examine the variables that predict these attitudes by CHAID analysis. In this study which is based on the survey model and the relational research method, which are among the quantitative research methods, the sample consists of a total of 1187 middle s...

Protecting gamblers from problematic gambling behavior is a major concern for clini-cians, researchers, and gambling regulators. Most gambling operators offer a range of so-called responsible gambling tools to help players better understand and control their gambling behavior. One such tool is voluntary self-exclusion, which allows players to block...

A comprehensive remote sensing survey of AlUla County in north‐west Saudi Arabia has revealed 32 examples of the ancient, stone‐built animal traps known as ‘kites’. Noting that most (27) are located on the Ḥarrat ʿUwayriḍ, a satellite survey of parts of that lavafield outside of AlUla County was undertaken, identifying a further 175 kites. These sh...

How does the composition of a collection of individuals affect its outcome in competition with other collections of individuals? Assuming that individuals can be different, we develop a model to interpolate between individual-level interactions and collective-level consequences. Rooted in theoretical mathematics, the model is not constrained to any...

Construction simulation has been widely used in academia for research purposes. However, it has been neglected by the industry for various reasons, including the amount of data, skills, effort, and time required to develop complex simulation models, the difficulty of model reuse, and the abstract and confusing way in which simulation results are us...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood neurobiological disorder that occurs in 5-7% of the student population. The purpose of this research was to design and develop a novel digital tool (serious game) for the treatment of attention difficulties in schoolchildren with ADHD. Primary school children (n=36), aged 6-12 (10.4±1.6...

Les jeux de hasard sont courants au Canada, comme dans de nombreux autres pays. La plupart des personnes qui jouent à des jeux de hasard le font sans conséquences dommageables, mais une minorité d’entre elles subiront des répercussions négatives. Au Canada, les possibilités de jouer à des jeux de hasard n’ont cessé d’augmenter au fil du temps, et...

Les jeux de hasards au Canada

"La Silla Criolla Argentina (Parte 1): Un estudio de las tipologías más relevantes de muebles para sentarse (urbano-rurales) de la República Argentina". En este trabajo abordamos la siguiente pregunta: ¿se puede considerar que dentro de la producción de Arquitectura y Diseño de Interiores en la República Argentina podemos hablar de un estilo campo?...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has surpassed humans in a number of specialised intellectual activities-chess and Go being two of many examples. Amongst the many potential consequences of such a development, I focus on how we can utilise cutting edge AI to promote human learning. The purpose of this article is to explore how a specialised AI can be ut...

Resumo O presente estudo deseja comprovar que ensinar a Matemática de maneira lúdica e construtiva leva a criança desde as séries iniciais ao entendimento do pensamento lógico, conduzindo-a a uma aprendizagem significativa, muito mais criativa e prazerosa, por ser feita através de jogos, debates e desafios. Retirando o modo apenas mecânico de apren...

Arizona Game and Fish Department's long-term fish monitoring in the Colorado River - annual report for 2021

This article adopts the perspective of Sen’s capability approach to examine elite athletes’ environment and their capability to plan and prepare a career transition out of sport. Interviews were conducted with 14 elite athletes in Canada and results from the thematic analysis reveal that discrepancies exist in the athletes’ environment. Three types...

La comunicación presenta a una comunidad feminista de investigadoras, Ez Donk Oraindik, ubicada en la Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea (UPV-EHU), pero a su vez esparcida por Europa y América del Sur. Se plantea la posibilidad de enfrentar la soledad del programa doctoral en un ambiente cada vez más competitivo, a través de l...

Boekenkasten vol zijn geschreven over de opkomst van politici en de manier waarop zij het spel om het behoud van de macht speelden. Hoe het afliep met die levens is echter veel minder systematisch bestudeerd. Uit Brits onderzoek bleek dat een politiek leven bijna altijd eindigde in een tranendal. Voor Nederland zijn de eerste bevindingen wat gemeng...

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in various unpleasant affective responses and dysfunctional behaviours, which created an urgent demand for effective interventions to support people’s coping and resilience. In addition to common forms of intervention, alternative approaches have also been explored, including the use of COVID-19-themed games to educat...

La Sustentabilidad Urbana (SU) ha devenido con el tiempo en una temática de emergente interés por parte de diversos grupos académicos, pero también políticos y de la comunidad en general. Lo anterior ha tenido como consecuencia la preocupación por parte de estudiantes de aprender respecto de la temática, para profundizar en su comprensión y su apli...

We conduct dictator games in our artefactual field experiment with 11 th and 12 th grade students in New Delhi, India. We construct an economic status index based on household ownership of assets for our subjects. Using cutoffs from this index, we randomly match dictators to recipients who are poorer, richer, similar in economic status or those who...

To achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals, maintaining forest savings has become the key. How to reduce the damage of forest tourism development to the environment, reconcile conflicts, and promote the orderly implementation of forest tourism projects while maintaining forest savings is an important prerequisite for the development and...

Educators define three factors of interaction or as they refer to the 3 C's in education: Children (children), Community (communication), and Computer (computers) [1]. Information and Communication Technologies are an integral tool of the educational process for modern educational systems, helping the learning process to turn from passive to active...

the study aims to know the effectiveness of integrated physical training in improving the means of Implementing offensive play plans for soccer players under19 years old.We followed the experimental approach, and the study sample reached 16 players chosen by the deliberate method then,3 consecutive matches in the competition stage were filmed an...

Os jogos reduzidos são formas alternativas de mudar a dinâmica e a estrutura dos jogos formais. Manipulações como: espaço de jogo, número de jogadores, posses de bola, regras, entre outros são realizadas, objetivando que o jogador se adapte a diversos contextos, como também fomentar a iniciação e facilitar a aprendizagem da tática e técnica inerent...

We investigate a data quality-aware dynamic client selection problem for multiple federated learning (FL) services in a wireless network, where each client has dynamic datasets for the simultaneous training of multiple FL services and each FL service demander has to pay for the clients with constrained monetary budgets. The problem is formalized as...

An analytical study of the scientific foundations for the selection of players in volleyball in Palestine from the point of view of specialists student in physical education at Palestine Technical University – Khadouri A. Mahmoud Azab Palestine Technical University - Khadouri azabil2006@yahoo.com (Received 25/12/2018; Accepted for publication 23/7/...

O objetivo do trabalho foi mapear sistemicamente os principais elementos tático-estratégicos do jogo de futsal. Para tanto, foi utilizado o programa CmapTools para listar e articular os conceitos de uma dimensão genérica do jogo (invariante) e outra referente ao comportamento de jogadores e equipes (variável). Com base em uma pesquisa bibliográfica...

GST is set to Be a game changer for Indian economy. Tax on tax can be reduced by this implementation. The impact is studied in the current research work.

The value α for augmenting structures was introduced and axiomatically characterized by Algaba, Bilbao and Slikker. In this paper, we provide a new axiomatization of the value α for augmenting structures by using marginality for augmenting structures and the standard axioms of component efficiency, equal treatment of necessary players and loop-null...

The paper is concerned with a variant of the continuous-time finite state Markov game of control and stopping where both players can affect transition rates, while only one player can choose a stopping time. We use the dynamic programming principle and reduce this problem to a system of ODEs with unilateral constraints. This system plays the role o...

What compels quantum measurement to violate the Bell inequalities? Suppose that regardless of measurement, one can assign to a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ particle (qubit) a definite value of spin, called c-valued spin variable, but, it may take any continuous real number. Suppose further that measurement maps the c-valued spin variable from the continuous...

Recent measurement technologies enable us to analyze baseball at higher levels. There are, however, still many unclear points around the pitching strategy. The two elements make it difficult to measure the effect of pitching strategy. First, most public datasets do not include location data where the catcher demands a ball, which is essential infor...

BNDES_O desenvolvimento da cadeia da construção civil é crucial para o Brasil superar seus históricos déficits habitacional e de infraestrutura. Cabe lembrar ainda dos compromissos assumidos pelo país para a realização da Copa do Mundo e dos Jogos Olímpicos nesta década. Com base em tais constatações, procurou-se verificar as dificuldades enfrentad...

The present study is comparative in nature, based on a quantitative content analysis of all the sports news and articles that covers games and sports during Commonwealth Games 2018 in two daily Hindi newspaper of India.. The names of daily newspapers are Dainik Bhaskar, and Dainik Jagran .The data was collected for entire event days and five days b...

Abstract: The purpose of the study was “Development of knowledge test for elite female Kabaddi players of Pune district in Maharashtra”. The study is confined to the Kabaddi players of 18 to 25 years age group. The study is restricted to Pune district in Maharashtra state only. The study has been delimited to the elite female Kabaddi players. Th...

Gestión sostenible e inteligencia competitiva Si hasta tiempos recientes existía un cierto consenso mayoritario acerca de que el "objetivo de la empresa" era maximizar el beneficio, ya desde finales de los años ochenta la persecución de este único ob-jetivo se mostró endeble y una alternativa insuficiente e insostenible en un nuevo es-cenario. Dich...

This paper aimed to analyse the usability and possibilities of adigital gamethatinvolvesthe content of organic functions in organic chemistry teaching byusingmobile devices. From the methodological point of view, the research uses a mixed-type approach, treating a case study with an exploratory sequential design, carried out in four stages. Partici...

This essay examines the nature and socio-cultural value of games as historical representations that bridge the temporal gap between the past and the present. Through a close examination of Detention (Fan xiao返校, 2017) and Devotion (Huan yuan還願, 2019), the two Taiwanese horror games produced by Red Candle Games. I argue that games as historical repr...

This paper studies an extensive form game of coalition formation with random proposers in a situation where coalitions impose externalities on other players. It is shown that an agreement will be reached without delay provided that any set of coalitions profit from merging. Even under this strong condition, the formation of the grand coalition is n...

The growth of a nation depends on implementation of Educational endeavours with the outcomes or relevant result of researches which focus on the need of such a nation. Education involves activities of imparting knowledge or skill in preparation for life. Early Education of a Child is very crucial, not only to the child but also to the family and th...