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game balancing, model checking, player analysis.
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Biography

Lecturer in Games and Mathematics at Abertay University.

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Employment (3)

Abertay University: Dundee, GB

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Abertay University

Abertay University: Dundee, GB

2021-08-01 to present | Lecturer (Games and Mathematics)
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William Kavanagh

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2017-10-02 to 2022-01-01 | Ph.D. Student (Computing Science)
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William Kavanagh

Education and qualifications (1)

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2013-09-15 to 2017-08-01 | BSc (Computing Science)
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Works (11)

Trunk and Branch: Fostering autonomous peer supportive learning environments through delivery & assessment

2025-01-07 | Conference paper
Contributors: Erin Hughes; William Kavanagh
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Assessing player performance in tactical FPS games

Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG)
2024-08-28 | Conference paper | Author
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Contributors: Pete Gordon; William Kavanagh; Thomas Howson; David Lavallee
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Exploring the opportunities for UK games businesses in China

2023-02-02 | Other
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Contributors: Robin Sloan; Hayley Brown; Hailey J. Austin; Martin Lynagh; Graham Johnson; William Kavanagh; Dayna Galloway
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Experience report

Postgraduate Pedagogies
2022-06-30 | Journal article | Author
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Contributors: Douglas Fraser; Ethan Hunter; William Kavanagh; Alexandrina Pancheva; Jack Parkinson; Iulia Paun; Tom Wallis; Mireilla Bikanga Ada; Helen Border; Gethin Norman
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Using probabilistic model checking to balance games

2021-11 | Dissertation or Thesis | Author
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Contributors: William Kavanagh
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Balancing Turn-Based Games With Chained Strategy Generation

IEEE Transactions on Games
2021-06 | Journal article
Contributors: William Kavanagh; Alice Miller; Gethin Norman; Oana Andrei
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Gameplay Analysis of Multiplayer Games with Verified Action-Costs

The Computer Games Journal
2021-06-23 | Journal article
Contributors: William Kavanagh; Alice Miller
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Designing a mobile game to generate Player data — lessons learned

21st International Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, GAME-ON 2020
2020 | Conference paper
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Contributors: Wallis, W.; Kavanagh, W.; Miller, A.; Storer, T.
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Breakout Group Allocation Schedules and the Social Golfer Problem with Adjacent Group Sizes

Symmetry
2020-12-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Alice Miller; Matthew Barr; William Kavanagh; Ivaylo Valkov; Helen C. Purchase
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RPGLite player data and lookup tables

2020-09-25 | Other
Contributors: William Kavanagh; Tom Wallis; Alice Miller
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Chained Strategy Generation: A Technique for Balancing Multiplayer Games Using Model Checking

2019 | Other
Contributors: William Kavanagh; Alice Miller
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William Kavanagh via The Lens