Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD) is the process of extracting novel information and knowledge from large databases. This process consists of many interacting stages performing specific data manipulation and transformation operations with an information flow from one stage onto the next (and often back into previous stages). The process can be very complex and may exhibit much variety in t...

Effective measurement of the enjoyment of computer game play will assist game designers to understand the strength and flaw of the game from players’ perspective. We argue that flow experience in computer game play contributes to enjoyment. This paper reports on the development of an instrument for measuring flow experience in computer game play. The instrument was developed based on the flow t...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sleep deprivation on flow experience. METHODS Sixteen healthy male volunteers of mean age 21.4±1.59 (21-24) years participated in two experimental conditions, ie, sleep-deprivation and normal sleep. In the sleep-deprived condition, participants stayed awake at home for 36 hours (from 8 am until 10 pm the next day) beginning on ...

This study examined the relationship between flow experience and place identity, based on eudaimonistic identity theory (EIT) which prioritizes self-defining activities as important for an individual's identification of his/her goals, values, beliefs, and interests corresponding to one's own identity development or enhancement. This study focuses on place identity, the identity's features relat...

In an interdisciplinary context with regards to the experience of interaction in virtual reality art installations, we propose an analysis from the point of view of exchanges between the user and the art installation, which is produced by a dual-flow: data flow and scene flow. This dual flow is defined as a double layer which in parallel has a physical component and an abstract one, the divisio...

Flow experience is associated with learning motivation, performance and positive affect. Therefore it is important to analyze its antecedents. An important antecedent for experiencing flow is the balance between the person’s skill and how challenging the situation is (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990). According to Atkinson’s (1957) risk-taking model, only individuals with high hope-of-success prefer sit...

Occurrences of traffic congestions within the urban traffic network are increasing in a rapid rate due to the rising traffic demands of the outnumbered vehicles on road. The effectiveness of management from traffic signal timing planner is the key solution to solve the traffic congestions, but unfortunately the current traffic light signal system is not fully optimized based on the dynamic traf...

Previous research has shown that incongruence between implicit and explicit achievement motives impairs flow experience. We examined this relationship in a more differentiated manner by arguing that achievement-motive incongruence only exerts negative effects when individuals act in situations in which achievement incentives are present and arouse conflict between the two motives. In nonachieve...

The main purpose of this study is to establish whether the user is feeling the flow experience and what type of messages are sent by the participants when using Google Groups through users that have laptops or desktops. In the context of this study, information has been gathered through a survey, applying the five dimensions of the flow state. At the end of the study, after analyzing the gather...

In this paper, we present some of our recent experiences with a data visualization tool and offer some use cases where the visualization tool can potentially drive programmatic change in universities. The Ribbon Tool provides an interactive visualization of student flows through academic programs, progressing over time to either successful completion (graduation) or attrition. Through effective...