Optimizing Play
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Optimizing Play
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Author : Christopher A. Paul
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2024-05-14
Optimizing Play written by Christopher A. Paul and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-14 with Games & Activities categories.
An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. The process of optimization in games seems like a good thing—who wouldn’t want to find the most efficient way to play and win? As Christopher Paul argues in Optimizing Play, however, optimization can sometimes risk a tragedy of the commons, where actions that are good for individuals jeopardize the overall state of the game for everyone else. As he explains, players inadvertently limit play as they theorycraft, seeking optimal choices. The process of developing a meta, or the most effective tactic available, structures decision making, causing play to stagnate. A “stale” meta then creates a perception that a game is solved and may lead players to turn away from the game. Drawing on insights from game studies, rhetoric, the history of science, ecology, and game theory literature, Paul explores the problem of optimization in a range of video games, including Overwatch, FIFA/EA Sports FC, NBA 2K, Clash Royale, World of Warcraft, and League of Legends. He also pulls extensively from data analytics in sports, where the problem has progressed further and is even more intractable than it is in video games, given the money sports teams invest to find an edge. Finally, Paul offers concrete and specific suggestions for how games can be developed to avoid the trap set by optimization run amok.
Optimizing Player Health Recovery And Performance In Basketball Volume Ii
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Author : Davide Ferioli
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2025-03-19
Optimizing Player Health Recovery And Performance In Basketball Volume Ii written by Davide Ferioli and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-03-19 with Science categories.
This Research Topic is the second volume of the article collection: "Optimizing Player Health, Recovery, and Performance in Basketball". Please see the first volume here. In line with the first volume, basketball is a popular team sport played all over the world by male and female players participating in various competitions. As the game continues to evolve, there are new challenges and opportunities being faced by teams. Consequently, basketball organizations constantly seek competitive advantages that optimize the health, recovery, and performance of players through various practices. The growing body of basketball research provides an essential evidence base for basketball organizations to draw upon when implementing different practices. As such, it is important that sound basketball research with strong practical translation is produced on topics relevant to player health, recovery, and performance. In this regard, examination of coaching, training, testing, monitoring, nutrition, recovery, injury prevention, psychological, performance analysis, and sleep strategies, as well as technological innovations, that can improve the existing understanding and practices in basketball would prove advantageous for basketball coaches, high-performance staff, and players alike.
Optimizing Player Health Recovery And Performance In Basketball
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Author : Davide Ferioli
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2023-01-05
Optimizing Player Health Recovery And Performance In Basketball written by Davide Ferioli and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-01-05 with Science categories.
Mental Health Research Institute Staff Publications
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Author : University of Michigan. Mental Health Research Institute
language : en
Publisher: UM Libraries
Release Date : 1971
Mental Health Research Institute Staff Publications written by University of Michigan. Mental Health Research Institute and has been published by UM Libraries this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1971 with Mental health categories.
Player Development
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Author : John Cone
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-08-01
Player Development written by John Cone and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Player Development: The Holistic Method provides the first holistic, evidence-based performance development method in sport. Focusing on the world’s largest sport, soccer, this book weaves together the interconnected layers driving player performance development to define a novel training method. In performance sport, narratives defining success or failure are steeped with stories of chance. The reality is that player performance and athlete development leading to career success is the byproduct of optimizing interconnected experiences toward maximizing the likelihood of individual success. It is the application of a holistic method that reduces the influence of luck and increases the likelihood of individual and team success. This book is the pathway to understanding and facilitating individual player development leading to elite performance success. This book reveals not only a holistic method, but also a universal method breaking down perceived and real barriers to provide a method transcending domains and specializations – a unified approach. The book introduces an evidence-based method toward performance development in soccer. It is key reading for students of coaching, talent development, sport performance and ancillary specializations, and practicing professionals in the field of player and performance development and coaching.
Game Usability
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Author : Katherine Isbister
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2008-08-12
Game Usability written by Katherine Isbister and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-12 with Art categories.
Computers used to be for geeks. And geeks were fine with dealing with a difficult and finicky interface--they liked this--it was even a sort of badge of honor (e.g. the Unix geeks). But making the interface really intuitive and useful--think about the first Macintosh computers--took computers far far beyond the geek crowd. The Mac made HCI (human computer interaction) and usability very popular topics in the productivity software industry. Suddenly a new kind of experience was crucial to the success of software - the user experience. Now, 20 years later, developers are applying and extending these ideas to games. Game companies are now trying to take games beyond the 'hardcore' gamer market--the people who love challenge and are happy to master a complicated or highly genre-constrained interface. Right about now (with the growth of interest in casual games) game companies are truly realizing that usability matters, particularly to mainstream audiences. If it's not seamless and easy to use and engaging, players will just not stay to get to the 'good stuff'. By definition, usability is the ease with which people can emplo a particular tool in order to achieve a particular goal. Usability refers to a computer program's efficiency or elegance. This book gives game designers a better understanding of how player characteristics impact usability strategy, and offers specific methods and measures to employ in game usability practice. The book also includes practical advice on how to include usability in already tight development timelines, and how to advocate for usability and communicate results to higher-ups effectively.
Ecgbl2013 Proceedings Of The 6th European Conference On Games Based Learning
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Author : Patrick Felicia
language : en
Publisher: Academic Conferences Limited
Release Date : 2012
Ecgbl2013 Proceedings Of The 6th European Conference On Games Based Learning written by Patrick Felicia and has been published by Academic Conferences Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Computer simulation categories.
Ecgbl2011 Proceedings Of The 5th European Conference On Games Based Learning
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Author : Dimitris Gouscos
language : en
Publisher: Academic Conferences and Publishing International
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Ecgbl2011 Proceedings Of The 5th European Conference On Games Based Learning written by Dimitris Gouscos and has been published by Academic Conferences and Publishing International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Dynamic Programming And Optimal Control
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Author : Dimitri Bertsekas
language : en
Publisher: Athena Scientific
Release Date : 2012
Dynamic Programming And Optimal Control written by Dimitri Bertsekas and has been published by Athena Scientific this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Mathematics categories.
This is the leading and most up-to-date textbook on the far-ranging algorithmic methododogy of Dynamic Programming, which can be used for optimal control, Markovian decision problems, planning and sequential decision making under uncertainty, and discrete/combinatorial optimization. The treatment focuses on basic unifying themes, and conceptual foundations. It illustrates the versatility, power, and generality of the method with many examples and applications from engineering, operations research, and other fields. It also addresses extensively the practical application of the methodology, possibly through the use of approximations, and provides an extensive treatment of the far-reaching methodology of Neuro-Dynamic Programming/Reinforcement Learning. Among its special features, the book 1) provides a unifying framework for sequential decision making, 2) treats simultaneously deterministic and stochastic control problems popular in modern control theory and Markovian decision popular in operations research, 3) develops the theory of deterministic optimal control problems including the Pontryagin Minimum Principle, 4) introduces recent suboptimal control and simulation-based approximation techniques (neuro-dynamic programming), which allow the practical application of dynamic programming to complex problems that involve the dual curse of large dimension and lack of an accurate mathematical model, 5) provides a comprehensive treatment of infinite horizon problems in the second volume, and an introductory treatment in the first volume The electronic version of the book includes 29 theoretical problems, with high-quality solutions, which enhance the range of coverage of the book.
Science And Golf Iv
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Author : Eric Thain
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2012-11-12
Science And Golf Iv written by Eric Thain and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-12 with Medical categories.
The fourth World Scientific Congress of Golf, to be held in St Andrews in July 2002, will bring together all of the world's leading golf researchers. Science and Golf IV will present 90 or so of the best research papers delivered at the Congress, and represents the latest volume in a unique and essential series of scientific studies in golf. The book is organised into four thematic sections, looking at the golfer, golf equipment, the golf course, and the social and economic impact of golf respectively, and addresses key topics such as: * the psychology of golf * biometrics of the swing * new developments in clubs, balls and teaching aids * golf agronomy, irrigation and drainage * the impact of golf on the community * representing the most up-to-date collection of research available. Science and Golf IV is essential reading for all sport scientists and researchers with an interest in golf, all club professionals, and all those working in technical aspects of the golf industry.