Player Profiling using Hidden Markov Models Supported with the Sliding Window Method

Alper Kilic, Mehmet Akif Gunes, Sanem Sariel

2016

Abstract

In this paper, we present a player profiling system applicable for both human players and bots in video games. The Vindinium artificial intelligence (AI) contest is selected as the test-bed for analyzing the performance of our system. In this game, AI bots compete with each other in a systematically generated environment to achieve the highest score. Our profiling method is based on Hidden Markov Model (HMM) constructed by using consecutive actions of AI bots and improved with the initial training phase and our sliding window approach. The method is evaluated for three different performance criteria: recognition of bots, grouping bots that have similar game styles and tracking changes in the strategy of a single bot through the game. The results indicate that the method is promising with 90,04% binary classification success in average.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Kilic A., Gunes M. and Sariel S. (2016). Player Profiling using Hidden Markov Models Supported with the Sliding Window Method . In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART, ISBN 978-989-758-172-4, pages 362-369. DOI: 10.5220/0005711403620369

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icaart16,
author={Alper Kilic and Mehmet Akif Gunes and Sanem Sariel},
title={Player Profiling using Hidden Markov Models Supported with the Sliding Window Method},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,},
year={2016},
pages={362-369},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005711403620369},
isbn={978-989-758-172-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 2: ICAART,
TI - Player Profiling using Hidden Markov Models Supported with the Sliding Window Method
SN - 978-989-758-172-4
AU - Kilic A.
AU - Gunes M.
AU - Sariel S.
PY - 2016
SP - 362
EP - 369
DO - 10.5220/0005711403620369