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Game behavior pattern modeling for game bots detection in MMORPG

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Sang-Hyun Park,

Jee-Hyong Lee,

Hye-Wuk Jung,

Sung-Woo BangAuthors Info & Claims

ICUIMC '10: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Uniquitous Information Management and Communication

Article No.: 33, Pages 1 - 5

https://doi.org/10.1145/2108616.2108656

Published: 14 January 2010 Publication History

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Game industry, especially MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) has been rapidly expanding in these days. But at the same time, lots of online game security incidents have been increasing and getting more diverse. One of the most critical security incidents is 'Game Bots', which mimic human player's playing behaviors. Bot users can get a lot of benefic game elements (experience point, item, etc.) without any effort, and it is considered unfair to other players. Plenty of game companies try to prevent bots, but it does not work well. In this paper, we propose a behavior pattern model for detecting bots. We analyzed behaviors of human players as well as bots and identified six game features to build the model to differentiate bots from human players. Based on these features, we can construct a solution which can detect bots.

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Han MKwak BKim H(2022)Cheating and Detection Method in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game: Systematic Literature ReviewIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2022.317211010(49050-49063)Online publication date: 2022
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Kang AJeong SMohaisen AKim H(2016)Multimodal game bot detection using user behavioral characteristicsSpringerPlus10.1186/s40064-016-2122-85:1Online publication date: 26-Apr-2016
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40064-016-2122-8

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Game behavior pattern modeling for game bots detection in MMORPG
1. Information systems
  1. Information systems applications
    1. Decision support systems
      1. Expert systems

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ICUIMC '10: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Uniquitous Information Management and Communication

January 2010

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ISBN:9781605588933

DOI:10.1145/2108616

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Kwan-Ho You
Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
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Sang-Won Lee
Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
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Won Kim
Sungkyunkwan University, Korea
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Dongho Won
SungKyunkwan University, Korea

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Kang AJeong SMohaisen AKim H(2016)Multimodal game bot detection using user behavioral characteristicsSpringerPlus10.1186/s40064-016-2122-85:1Online publication date: 26-Apr-2016
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