AI Lab @ FOI

Project ModelMMORPG

Massively multi-player on-line role playing games (MMORPGs) give us the opportunity to study two important aspects of computing: (1) large-scale virtual social interaction of people (players) and (2) the design, development and coordination of large-scale distributed artificial inteligence (AI). A common denominator for both aspects are the methods used to study them: social interaction can be descibed and simulated using agent-based models (ABM social science perspective) whilst distributed AI is commonly modelled in terms of multi-agent systems (MAS computer science perspective).
The important question to ask in both perspectives is how do agents organize in order to perform their tasks and reach their objectives? Project ModelMMORPG (Large-Scale Multi-Agent Modelling of Massively On-Line Role-Playing Games) will employ a combined empirical and theoretical approach towards finding the answer to this question.
From the empirical side, we shall study the human behaviour on a number of venues across various gaming servers in order to find most suitable structures, cultures, processes, strategies and dynamics employed by most successful player communities.
From the theoretical side, we shall test a multitude of organizational architectures from organization theory in various MMORPG settings, and compare them with methods found in empirical research.
Our research is therefore aimed towards enriching the organizational design methods for the development of MMORPG to foster the development of self-organizing and adaptable networks of large-scale multi-agent systems.
With this in mind, our main goals are:

1) To identify and formalize adequate organizational design methods for developing LSMAS in MMORPGs.
2) To couple them with real-life and future scenarios from industry.
3) To provide open and accessible tools, which will allow for design, development, implementation, control, simulation and maintenance of LSMAS in MMORPG.

Project Members

Markus Schatten (Head)

Asst.Prof.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Foundations of Information Sciences
mschatte

foi.hr
+385 42 390891
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Joaquim B. L. Filipe

Professor of Informatics

joaquim.filipe

estsetubal.ips.pt
+351 265 790 040
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Nikola Ivković

Ph.D.
Department of Computing and Technology
nivkovic

foi.hr
+385 42 390872
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Mladen Konecki

M.Inf.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Foundations of Information Sciences
Mladen.Konecki

foi.hr
+385 42 390873
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Mario Konecki

Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Foundations of Information Sciences
mkonecki

foi.hr
+385 42 390834
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Robert Kudelić

Ph.D.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Foundations of Information Sciences
robert.kudelic

foi.hr
+385 42 390852
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Ivan Magdalenić

Asst.Prof.
Department of Computing and Technology
ivan.magdalenic

foi.hr
+385 42 390872
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Marko Maliković

Ph.D. Assistant Professor Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Rijeka
Croatia
marko

ffri.hr
+385-(0)51-265-765
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Bogdan Okreša Đurić

M.Inf.
Department of Theoretical and Applied Foundations of Information Sciences
dokresa

foi.hr
+385 42 390800
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Jurica Ševa

Ph.D.
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
jseva

foi.hr
+385 42 390873
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Pietro Terna

professore di economia

pietro.terna

unito.it
+39 011 6706067
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Igor Tomičić

M.Inf.
Department of Computing and Technology
Department of Information Systems Development
itomicic

foi.hr
+385 42 390869
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Publications

Abstracts in Book of abstracts

Book chapters

Graduation thesis

Journal articles and review articles in CC journals

Published invited lectures

Scientific conference papers with international peer-review

Schatten, Markus; Tomičić, Igor; Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Ivković, Nikola.
Towards an Agent-Based Automated Testing Environment for Massively Multi-Player Role Playing Games
// MIPRO 2017 40th Jubilee International Convention Proceedings / Biljanović, Petar, editor(s). Rijeka : Croatian Society for Information and Communication Technology, Electronics and Microelectronics - MIPRO, 2017. 1361-1366 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Schatten, Markus; Tomičić, Igor; Okreša Ðurić, Bogdan.
A Review on Application Domains of Large-Scale Multiagent Systems
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems / Strahonja, Vjeran ; Kirinić, Valentina, editor(s). Varaždin : Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, 2017. 201-206 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Schatten, Markus; Okreša Ðurić, Bogdan; Tomičić, Igor; Ivković, Nikola; Konecki, Mario; Ševa, Jurica; Maliković, Marko; Terna, Pietro.
Large-Scale Multi-Agent Modelling of Massively Multi-Player On-Line Role-Playing Games – A Summary
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems / Strahonja, Vjeran ; Kirinić, Valentina, editor(s). Varaždin : Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, 2017. 193-200 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Schatten, Markus; Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Tomičić, Igor; Ivković, Nikola.
Agents as Bots – An Initial Attempt towards Model- Driven MMORPG Gameplay
// Advances in Practical Applications of Cyber-Physical Multi-Agent Systems - The PAAMS Collection / Demazeau, Yves ; Davidsson, Paul ; Bajo, Javier ; Vale, Zita, editor(s). Porto, Portugal : Springer International Publishing, 2017. 246-258 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Tomičić, Igor; Vukelić, Sven.
Model Driven Game Quest Scenario Development for Massively Multi-Player Role-Playing Games: A Case Study
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems / Strahonja, Vjeran ; Kirinić, Valentina, editor(s). Varaždin : Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb, 2017. 207-212 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Tomičić, Igor; Schatten, Markus; Okreša Ðurić, Bogdan; Ševa, Jurica.
Self-sustainable Agent Organizations in Massively Multi-Player On-Line Role-Playing Games – A Conceptual Framework
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems 2016 / Hunjak, Tihomir ; Kirinić, Valentina ; Konecki, Mario, editor(s). Varaždin : University of Zagreb, Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin, 2016. 213-217 (international peer-review,published,scientific).

Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Schatten, Markus.
Defining Ontology Combining Concepts of Massive Multi-Player Online Role Playing Games and Organization of Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems
// Proceedings of the 39th International Convention MIPRO 2016 / Biljanović, Petar, editor(s). Rijeka : Croatian Society MIPRO, 2016. 1603-1608 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Schatten, Markus; Tomičić, Igor; Okreša Đurić, Bogdan.
Multi-agent Modeling Methods for Massivley Multi-Player On-Line Role-Playing Games
// Mipro 2015 . Rijeka : IEEE, 2015. 1503-1508 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Schatten, Markus; Okreša Đurić, Bogdan.
A Social Network Analysis of a Massively Multi-Player On-Line Role Playing Game
// Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation / Kang, Byeongho, editor(s). IEEE, 2015. 37-42 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Konecki, Mario.
Specific OWL-based RPG Ontology
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems Proceedings / Hunjak, Tihomir ; Kirinić, Valentina ; Konecki, Mario, editor(s). Varaždin : Faculty of Organization and Informatics, 2015. 185-190 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Okreša Đurić, Bogdan; Konecki, Mario.
Modeling MMORPG Players’ Behaviour
// Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems Proceedings / Hunjak, Tihomir ; Kirinić, Valentina ; Konecki, Mario, editor(s). Varaždin : Faculty of Organization and Informatics, 2015. 177-184 (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Maliković, Marko; Schatten, Markus.
Artificial Intelligent Player’s Planning in Massively Multi-Player On-Line Role-Playing Games
// Proceedings of 26th Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems, 2015, Varaždin, Croatia . Varaždin : Fakultet organizacije i informatike, Varaždin, 2015. (lecture,international peer-review,published,scientific).

Scientific papers in other journals

Unpublished papers

Deliverables

D1.1. Presentation on project plan (October, 2014)
- 😄 Markus Schatten: Kick-off presentation
- 😄 Pietro Terna: Agent-based models for exploring social complexity
- 😄 Joaquim Filipe: Social systems modeling using intelligent multi-agent systems
- 😄 Markus Schatten: Architecture & Challange
- 😄 Markus Schatten: Quest Design
D1.2. Report on brainstorming session (October, 2014)
- 😄 Final Quest Design
D1.3. Report on socio-economic impacts of MMORPGs (November, 2017)
- 😄 Overview of socio-economic impacts of MMORPGs
D2.1. Test-bed (May, 2015)
- 😄 Report on test-bed
D2.2. Server-logs from data collection (July, 2015)
- 😄 PostgreSQL database (anonymized)
D2.3. Report on data analysis (September, 2015)
- 😄 Technical report
D2.4. Open ontology of organizational architectures for LSMAS working draft (September, 2015)
- 😄 Ontology working draft
D2.5. Meta-model for LSMAS modeling tool working draft (September, 2015)
- 😄 Meta-model working draft
D2.6. Open ontology of organizational architectures for LSMAS (September, 2017)
- 😄 Ontology
D2.7. Meta-model for LSMAS modeling tool (September, 2017)
- 😄 Meta-model
D3.1. Modeling tool alpha version (December, 2015)
- 😄 Code repository
D3.2. Modeling tool beta version (April, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D3.3. Modeling tool final version (September, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D3.4. End-point plug-in alpha version (April, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D3.5. End-point plug-in beta version (September, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D3.6. End-point plug-in final version (December, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D4.1. 1st AI agent organization (September, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D4.2. 2nd AI agent organization (December, 2016)
- 😄 Code repository
D4.3. 3rd AI agent organization (April, 2017)
- 😄 Code repository
D4.4. Server logs from 1st large-scale experiment (December, 2016)
- 😄 Server logs
- 😄 Visualizaion of the recipeWorld example (3D animation)
D4.5. Server logs from 2nd large-scale experiment (April, 2017)
- 😄 Server logs
D4.6. Server logs from 3rd large-scale experiment (August, 2017)
- 😄 Simulation logs
D5.1. Projects social website (November, 2017)
- 😄 The Quest for the Dragon Egg - Website
D6.1. Report on server installation & maintainance (November, 2017)
- 😄 The Mana World AI Lab Server Logs