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Game Play Differences by Expertise Level in Dota 2, A Complex Multiplayer Video Game

Castaneda, Lisa; Sidhu, Manrita Kaur; Azose, Jonathan J.; … - In: International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated … 8 (2016) 4, pp. 1-24

Dota 2, a complex team based video game, was used to study expertise and attentional allocation in a multiplayer online … battle arena (MOBA) setting. Pre- and post-play survey questions and eye-tracker data were collected from 67 video game … players during a session of Dota 2 play. Questions explored abstract versus concrete conceptualizations of game-play and …

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Comparing Peer-to-Peer and Individual Learning: Teaching Basic Computer Skills to Disadvantaged Adults

Katz, Larry; Kelly, Patrick - In: International Journal of Adult Vocational Education and … 7 (2016) 4, pp. 1-15

Peer-to-peer (P2P) learning within two distinct groups of disadvantaged adults was studied during a two-hour computer skills workshop. Of interest was whether or not P2P learning with this population was a viable method for increasing performance and confidence. Two qualified instructors at two...

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Blogracy: A Peer-to-Peer Social Network

Franchi, Enrico; Poggi, Agostino; Tomaiuolo, Michele - In: International Journal of Distributed Systems and … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 37-56

The current approach to build social networking systems is to create huge centralized systems owned by a single company. However, such strategy has many drawbacks, e.g., lack of privacy, lack of anonymity, risks of censorship and operating costs. In this paper the authors propose a novel P2P...

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Social Computing: An Examination of Self, Social, and Use Factors

Vannoy, Sandra A.; Medlin, B. Dawn - In: International Journal of Virtual Communities and Social … 9 (2017) 4, pp. 31-47

This article explores the influence of social, self, and use factors on the intention to perform social computing actions in online social sites. A survey was conducted using peer-to-peer file sharing as representative of a social computing action. Collected data was analyzed using the...

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An Economist's Guide to Digital Music

Peitz, Martin; Waelbroeck, Patrick - 2004

In this guide, we discuss the impact of digitalization on the music industry. We rely on market and survey data at the international level as well as expert statements from the industry. The guide investigates recent developments in legal and technological protection of digital music and...

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The performance of marketplace lenders: Evidence from lending club payment data

Kräussl, Roman; Kräussl, Zsofia; Pollet, Joshua; … - 2018

Direct financing of consumer credit by individual investors or non-bank institutions through an implementation of marketplace lending is a relatively new phenomenon in financial markets. The emergence of online platforms has made this type of financial intermediation widely available. This paper...

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Digital piracy: Theory

Belleflamme, Paul; Peitz, Martin - 2010

This article reviews recent theoretical contributions on digital piracy. It starts by elaborating on the reasons for intellectual property protection, by reporting a few facts about copyright protection, and by examining reasons to become a digital pirate. Next, it provides an exploration of the...

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Resilient Reputation and Trust Management: Models and Techniques

Xiong, Li - 2005

The continued advances in service-oriented computing and global communications have created a strong technology push for online information sharing and business transactions among enterprises, organizations and individuals. While these communities offer enormous opportunities, they also present...

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Regulation of InsurTech: Is the principle of proportionality an answer?

Ostrowska, Marta - In: Risks 9 (2021) 10, pp. 1-12

In the view of the current discussion on how to regulate the emerging InsurTech companies, if at all, the author attempts to demonstrate that rather than automatically introducing new regulation, the principle of proportionality can, in most cases, help to adapt application of the existing rules...

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Diffusion on the peer-to-peer network

Riposo, Julien - In: Journal of Risk and Financial Management 15 (2022) 2, pp. 1-45

In a peer-to-peer complex environment, information is permanently diffused. Such an environment can be modeled as a graph, where there are flows of information. The interest of such modeling is that (1) one can describe the exchanges through time from an initial state of the network, (2) the...

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