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- Title
- Danger has alternatives.
- Creator
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Ferry, W. H. (Wilbur Hugh), Singer, J. David (Joel David)
- Date Issued
- 1960
- Identifier
- 2660251, CFDT2660251, ucf:4973
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/FCLA/DT/2660251
- Title
- AUTOMATIC GRAPHICS AND GAME CONTENT GENERATION THROUGH EVOLUTIONARY COMPUTATION.
- Creator
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Hastings, Erin, Stanley, Kenneth, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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Simulation and game content includes the levels, models, textures, items, and other objects encountered and possessed by players during the game. In most modern video games and simulation software, the set of content shipped with the product is static and unchanging, or at best, randomized within a narrow set of parameters. However, ideally, if game content could be constantly and automatically renewed, players would remain engaged longer in the evolving stream of content. This dissertation...
Show moreSimulation and game content includes the levels, models, textures, items, and other objects encountered and possessed by players during the game. In most modern video games and simulation software, the set of content shipped with the product is static and unchanging, or at best, randomized within a narrow set of parameters. However, ideally, if game content could be constantly and automatically renewed, players would remain engaged longer in the evolving stream of content. This dissertation introduces three novel technologies that together realize this ambition. (1) The first, NEAT Particles, is an evolutionary method to enable users to quickly and easily create complex particle effects through a simple interactive evolutionary computation (IEC) interface. That way, particle effects become an evolvable class of content, which is exploited in the remainder of the dissertation. In particular, (2) a new algorithm called content-generating NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies (cgNEAT) is introduced that automatically generates graphical and game content while the game is played, based on the past preferences of the players. Through cgNEAT, the game platform on its own can generate novel content that is designed to satisfy its players. Finally, (3) the Galactic Arms Race (GAR) multiplayer online video game is constructed to demonstrate these techniques working on a real online gaming platform. In GAR, which was made available to the public and playable online, players pilot space ships and fight enemies to acquire unique particle system weapons that are automatically evolved by the cgNEAT algorithm. The resulting study shows that cgNEAT indeed enables players to discover a wide variety of appealing content that is not only novel, but also based on and extended from previous content that they preferred in the past. The implication is that with cgNEAT it is now possible to create applications that generate their own content to satisfy users, potentially significantly reducing the cost of content creation and considerably increasing entertainment value with a constant stream of evolving content.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2009
- Identifier
- CFE0002814, ucf:48143
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFE0002814
- Title
- THE FINANCIAL DETERMINANTS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
- Creator
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Adams, Mitchell, Schnitzlein, Charles, University of Central Florida
- Abstract / Description
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There is a certain tradition, pageantry, rivalry, and glory in college football. It is well known that college football can be a big time money maker and sometimes covers the costs of other athletic teams within a school. However, it is also recognized that many college football programs lose money or struggle to break even. Thus, there is tremendous variability that exists in the amount of resources a school may have and the outcomes in athletic success, while there is not always a one to...
Show moreThere is a certain tradition, pageantry, rivalry, and glory in college football. It is well known that college football can be a big time money maker and sometimes covers the costs of other athletic teams within a school. However, it is also recognized that many college football programs lose money or struggle to break even. Thus, there is tremendous variability that exists in the amount of resources a school may have and the outcomes in athletic success, while there is not always a one to one correspondence between the two. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze the quantifiable determinants of success, considering both financial and non-financial variables. The pressure to win, and do so immediately; brand; and outdo other schools in the facility "arm's race" has reached unprecedented levels.
Show less - Date Issued
- 2013
- Identifier
- CFH0004524, ucf:45217
- Format
- Document (PDF)
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH0004524
