Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups

Iftekhar Ahmed; Channing Brown; Andrew Pilny; Dora Cai; Yannick Atouba Ada; Marshall Scott Poole

doi:10.1109/PASSAT/SocialCom.2011.180

Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups

Iftekhar Ahmed, Channing Brown, Andrew Pilny, Dora Cai, Yannick Atouba Ada, Marshall Scott Poole

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Abstract

This study describes an approach to track groups over time as they participate in larger networks of groups. Groups were tracked in a Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Game (MMORPG), a context typical of many online venues and similar to some situations in the real world. Based on social scientific theories the study identified possible avenues to detect groups, explored game logs to identify relevant variables for group detection, and developed an algorithm to detect groups from individual level data. This study demonstrates that it is possible to identify groups in MMORPG environments using available individual level data. The study has also captured some group dynamics that corresponds to existing real world examples, including changes in groups over time and development of larger groups through unification of smaller groups.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011
Pages	629-632
Number of pages	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/PASSAT/SocialCom.2011.180
State	Published - 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2011 and 2011 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2011 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: Oct 9 2011 → Oct 11 2011

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Name	Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011

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Other	2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2011 and 2011 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2011
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	10/9/11 → 10/11/11

Keywords

Algorithm development
Data mining
Group detection
Group identification
Grouping characteristics
MMORPG

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Ahmed, I., Brown, C., Pilny, A., Cai, D., Ada, Y. A., & Poole, M. S. (2011). Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups. In Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011 (pp. 629-632). Article 6113184 (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011). https://doi.org/10.1109/PASSAT/SocialCom.2011.180

Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups. / Ahmed, Iftekhar; Brown, Channing; Pilny, Andrew et al.
Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011. 2011. p. 629-632 6113184 (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011).

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Ahmed, I, Brown, C, Pilny, A, Cai, D, Ada, YA & Poole, MS 2011, Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups. in Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011., 6113184, Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011, pp. 629-632, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust, PASSAT 2011 and 2011 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2011, Boston, MA, United States, 10/9/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/PASSAT/SocialCom.2011.180

Ahmed I, Brown C, Pilny A, Cai D, Ada YA, Poole MS. Identification of groups in online environments: The twist and turns of grouping groups. In Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011. 2011. p. 629-632. 6113184. (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011). doi: 10.1109/PASSAT/SocialCom.2011.180

Ahmed, Iftekhar ; Brown, Channing ; Pilny, Andrew et al. / Identification of groups in online environments : The twist and turns of grouping groups. Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011. 2011. pp. 629-632 (Proceedings - 2011 IEEE International Conference on Privacy, Security, Risk and Trust and IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, PASSAT/SocialCom 2011).

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