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Online games for studying human behavior

Lakkaraju, Kiran L.; Epifanovskaya, Laura W.; Stites, Mallory C.; Letchford, Joshua L.; Reinhardt, Jason C.; Whetzel, Jonathan H.

Much has been written on the potential for games to enhance our ability to study complex systems. In this chapter we focus on how we can use games to study national security issues. We reflect on the benefits of using games and the inherent difficulties that we must address. As a means of grounding the discussion, we will present a case study of a retrospective analysis of gaming data.