Analysis of Context Dependence in Social Interaction Networks of a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

摘要: Rapid advances in modern computing and information technology have enabled millions of people to interact online via various social network gaming services. The widespread adoption such services made possible analysis large-scale archival data containing detailed human interactions, presenting a very promising opportunity understand the rich complex behavior. In collaboration with leading global provider Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs), here we present science-based interplay between distinct types user interaction networks virtual world. We find that their properties depend critically on nature context-interdependence highlighting multilayered robust understanding which believe may prove instrumental designing more realistic future arenas as well provide novel insights science collective