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Conferences under scrutiny

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Considering some of the perceived vagaries of the conference peer-review process and proposing ways to improve evaluation procedures.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 50, Issue 7
Creating a science of games
July 2007
120 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1272516
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Published: 01 July 2007
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