Title :
A Multi-Agent Architecture for Tracking User Interactions in Browser-based Games
Author :
Bagherzadeh, A.A. ; Rezvankhah, S. ; Farahi, S. ; Khalvati, K. ; Mousavi, P. ; Dehghan, A. ; Ghaderi, B. ; Kashani, L. ; Moradi, H.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
This paper presents a tracking system developed for browser-based games to track user interactions remotely. To eliminate the restriction of accessing local file system, the client side of the system runs on a standalone web server. The tracking agent writes the user interactions with a game on the local file system, and the log-transfer agent sends the results to the server side of the system as soon as an internet connection is available. This system is used in a research to investigate the effects of playing certain games on visual working memory of children under the age 7. This tracking system has provided the games with better user-friendliness by removing browser´s permission prompts in JavaScript and Flash-based games. Furthermore, allowing remote data collection from all the gamers provides vast data for future research.
Keywords :
Internet; computer games; human computer interaction; multi-agent systems; online front-ends; user interfaces; Flash-based games; JavaScript; Web server; browser-based games; children; local file system; log-transfer agent; multi-agent architecture; remote user interaction tracking; visual working memory; Browsers; Computers; Games; Mice; Psychology; Servers; Tracking;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Game and Intelligent Toy Enhanced Learning (DIGITEL), 2012 IEEE Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Takamatsu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0885-4
DOI :
10.1109/DIGITEL.2012.27