Title
SiGMA: A software framework for integrating advanced mathematical capabilities in serious game development.
Abstract
Abstract As games become more popular as an educational tool, an imbalance exists in the number of mathematics games that have been developed when compared to the number of games developed for other fields. Part of the reason for this gap can be attributed to the difficulty of symbolic manipulation and display of complex equations and graphs. To alleviate this, SiGMA, a symbolic toolkit for gaming mathematics, has been developed. This paper discusses the design and implementation of SiGMA, which has been utilized in a series of games developed as part of the Stern2STEM program that strives to assist military veterans on their path toward STEM degrees. This paper also reviews existing mathematics software and tools and presents game examples that utilized the SiGMA toolkit.
Year
Venue
Field
2016
Advances in Engineering Software
Graph,Software engineering,Video game development,Computer science,Symbolic computation,Theoretical computer science,Software,Artificial intelligence,Sigma,Software development,Software framework
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
100
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Katherine Smith100.34
John Shull211.38
Anthony Dean310.71
Yuzhong Shen418421.96
Jennifer Michaeli500.34