A large-scale constrained joint modeling approach for predicting user activity, engagement, and churn with application to freemium mobile games

T Banerjee, G Mukherjee, S Dutta… - Journal of the American …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We develop a constrained extremely zero inflated joint (CEZIJ) modeling framework for
simultaneously analyzing player activity, engagement, and dropouts (churns) in app-based …

Improved retention analysis in freemium role-playing games by jointly modelling players' motivation, progression and churn

B Karmakar, P Liu, G Mukherjee… - Journal of the Royal …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We consider user retention analytics for online freemium role-playing games (RPGs). RPGs
constitute a very popular genre of computer-based games that, along with a player's gaming …

Micro-and macro-level churn analysis of large-scale mobile games

X Liu, M Xie, X Wen, R Chen, Y Ge, N Duffield… - … and Information Systems, 2020 - Springer
As mobile devices become more and more popular, mobile gaming has emerged as a
promising market with billion-dollar revenue. A variety of mobile game platforms and …

Prediction of player churn and disengagement based on user activity data of a freemium online strategy game

K Rothmeier, N Pflanzl, JA Hüllmann… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Churn describes customer defection from a service provider. This can be observed in online
freemium games, where users can leave without further notice. Game companies are …

Predicting churn in online games by quantifying diversity of engagement

I Weiss, D Vilenchik - Big Data, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Understanding engagement patterns of users in online platforms, may it be games, online
social networks, or academic websites, is a widely studied topic with many real-world …

Prediction of Churning Game Users Based on Social Activity and Churn Graph Neural Networks

YJ Han, J Moon, J Woo - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study introduces an innovative churn prediction model that leverages player activity and
social interaction data from the massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) …

A semi-supervised and inductive embedding model for churn prediction of large-scale mobile games

X Liu, M Xie, X Wen, R Chen, Y Ge… - … conference on data …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile gaming has emerged as a promising market with billion-dollar revenues. A variety of
mobile game platforms and services have been developed around the world. One critical …

[HTML][HTML] Predicting player churn of a Free-to-Play mobile video game using supervised machine learning

K Mustač, K Bačić, L Skorin-Kapov, M Sužnjević - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Free-to-play mobile games monetize players through different business models, with higher
player engagement leading to revenue increases. Consequently, the foremost goal of game …

Collaborative-Enhanced Prediction of Spending on Newly Downloaded Mobile Games under Consumption Uncertainty

P Sun, Y Wang, M Zhang, C Wu, Y Fang… - … Proceedings of the …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
With the surge in mobile gaming, accurately predicting user spending on newly downloaded
games has become paramount for maximizing revenue. However, the inherently …

[HTML][HTML] Churn prediction of mobile and online casual games using play log data

S Kim, D Choi, E Lee, W Rhee - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Internet-connected devices, especially mobile devices such as smartphones, have become
widely accessible in the past decade. Interaction with such devices has evolved into …