TY - JOUR ID - 21719 TI - Macrophage+: A game with a purpose for applying human intelligence in control mechanisms JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Tarihi, A. AU - Haghighi, H. AU - Shams Aliee, F. AU - Setarenejad, A. AD - Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University G. C., Tehran, Iran Y1 - 2020 PY - 2020 VL - 27 IS - 6 SP - 2985 EP - 3004 KW - Control mechanisms KW - Observer/Controller pattern KW - Human-based computation KW - Game with a purpose KW - crowdsourcing KW - Interactive game DO - 10.24200/sci.2020.50799.1874 N2 - Originally, control mechanisms were proposed to replace the need for human intervention in operational environments, and thus, enhance the precision and reaction time. Nowadays, new requirements in computer systems such as adaptation have made the design of control mechanisms more challenging. The Observer/Controller pattern is one of the control mechanisms proposed to control many interacting independent elements by making intelligent decisions. An important challenge in designing these mechanisms is that the knowledge needed for decision making is provided by experts; therefore, the process becomes time consuming and costly, depending on the availability of experts and their costs. In this paper, we hypothesize that employing a Game With A Purpose can help to improve the process of providing knowledge in such control mechanisms by using crowd-sourcing and involving non-expert humans in an enjoyable manner. This hypothesis has been investigated by Macrophage+, a Game With A Purpose implemented for this goal. We conducted experiments evaluating Macrophage+, focusing on both its applicability and effectiveness in the context of the observer/controller pattern as well as its enjoyability for the players. The results show that Macrophage+ is a successful Game With A Purpose that involves non-expert humans in the application of the observer/controller pattern. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_21719.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_21719_aa79b69dc535747b145dc8058b9e319d.pdf ER -