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Gaming Simulation Validation: Matching Participants’ Worldviews with Their Decisions

Authors : Maksims Kornevs, Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge, Sebastiaan Meijer

Published in: Neo-Simulation and Gaming Toward Active Learning

Publisher: Springer Nature Singapore

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Abstract

Gaming simulation is a successful approach to many issues where a holistic view is important. However, to use results from gaming simulations, the game has to be validated. This paper proposes a two-step approach for process validation of behavior for the gaming simulation by comparing decisions that players make in a game with the perceptions that affect their real-life decisions. Two case studies, where this approach was applied, are presented, and the results are analyzed and discussed. A strong correlation between behavior during the games and in the real world was observed. This correlation indicates that gaming simulations in these cases are validated and represent the real system in an accurate manner. Thus, these cases show that the proposed approach works and can be used for validation of gaming simulations.

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Metadata
Title
Gaming Simulation Validation: Matching Participants’ Worldviews with Their Decisions
Authors
Maksims Kornevs
Jannicke Baalsrud Hauge
Sebastiaan Meijer
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer Nature Singapore
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8039-6_50

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