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Jansen, Jesse (author)
Conversational agents are being used more often. Many conversational agents have been designed to make them more humanlike to increase the engagement of the user. This research is looking into a couple of aspects of anthropomorphism to determine whether these aspects improve the engagement of the users. These aspects are typos with time delay...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Aretz, Nadyne (author)
The increase in health problems due to smoking or lack of physical activity has created the incentive to develop a virtual coach to help people with smoking cessation and increase physical activity. In this study, a mixed-methods analysis (thematic analysis, quantitative analysis, and a literature study) was carried out to find out what the...
bachelor thesis 2022
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Dechering, Jaap (author)
As guided interventions are seen as more effective compared to unguided interventions and because the use of eHealth applications is rising over the years, the need to study the effects of a virtual coach as a substitute for guided interventions was created. A virtual coach does not cost as much time and money as a real coach and would thus be...
bachelor thesis 2022
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Zlatkutė, Emilija (author)
With the increase of anthropomorphic conversational agents, the research on the effects of anthropomorphism in conversational agents is on the rise. However the studies cannot seem to agree on many of the raised questions and the research on the proper design of conversational agents is still lacking. This research paper attempted to contribute...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Lerer, Bar (author)
This study aims to examine the effect of dynamically aligning the conversation style to the user’s preference in a conversational agent environment. We suggest a technique to identify the user’s preferred conversation style, by scoring statements based on their writing style. We designed a within-subject experiment intended to measure the user...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Joshi, Ayush (author)
Supply chains are vital to the global economy, and so, increasing efficiency in supply chain management is of utmost importance. Modernizing technology has allowed for various uses of machine learning to be possible in several aspects of supply chains, specifically in demand forecasting with prediction models, and customer relations with chat...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Zhang, Mirijam (author)
Schema therapy is a type of psychological treatment for people suffering from personality disorders. A schema is a core psychological state of mind that influences external behaviour through the development of coping styles. Current schema therapy is time inefficient and human-processed. Enabling automatic schema classification helps the overall...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Catarino Antunes, Nuno (author)
Agent-based social skills training systems have been gaining attention for their potential to improve social skills development in various contexts. Through a rapid review methodology, data was collected from diverse sources, including company websites and research papers. This study then uses the collected data to categorize 8 commercial...
bachelor thesis 2023
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Zhao, Chengrui (author)
Collaborative search is "the retrieval and sensemaking of information by multiple users with the same information need". The experience of collaborative search can be improved by employing a chatbot which is "a program designed to counterfeit a smart communication". Chatbot makes it easier for the users to be aware of each other's activities and...
bachelor thesis 2021
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Bot, Bernard (author), Lopez Küchlin, Jael (author), van Asten, Timo (author), Ho, Björn (author)
Escape rooms are an emerging market. In these physical and mostly group based games, players are locked in a room with the goal to solve puzzles within a certain time limit in order to ’escape’ the room. To make sure players have a pleasurable experience, they are monitored during the game by a so called game master. This person helps players...
bachelor thesis 2018
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Ali, Mahira (author)
Seeing the virtual coach as a friend is beneficial as it increases the motivation, confidence, and perseverance of the accompanying. Here, an investigation has taken place to what characteristics the virtual coach must possess to establish this friendly relationship. Thus, the main research question is: What are the reasons for seeing the...
bachelor thesis 2022
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Eijkelkamp, Charlotte (author)
A decrease in wellbeing worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic called for ways to assess wellbeing in a scalable and adequate manner. Conversational User Interfaces (CUIs) seem suitable, however, applying them optimally in certain contexts remains a challenge. This study aims to find ways to make CUIs more engaging and have a better experience...
bachelor thesis 2022
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Makarov, Vlad (author)
The aim of this research is to evaluate the believability of Lilobot, a conversational agent meant to act as a virtual child for training helpline workers. Numerous aspects of believability are explored by means of a user study involving a questionnaire and interview with 10 participants. Questionnaire results indicate that improvement to the...
bachelor thesis 2023
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Ntasi, Nikola (author)
Chatbots are tools that can potentially be utilized in chat-based child helpline training. In this type of training, the quality of the feedback received is of vital importance. This paper aims to analyze the automated feedback generated by such a chatbot. The domains analyzed include user comprehension, usefulness, and potential improvement...
bachelor thesis 2023
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Kernan Freire, S. (author), Niforatos, E. (author), Wang, C.W. (author), Ruiz Arenas, S. (author), Foosherian, Mina (author), Wellsandt, Stefan (author), Bozzon, A. (author)
Learning to operate a complex system, such as an agile production line, can be a daunting task. The high variability in products and frequent reconfigurations make it difficult to keep documentation up-to-date and share new knowledge amongst factory workers. We introduce CLAICA, a Continuously Learning AI Cognitive Assistant that supports...
conference paper 2023
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Qiu, S. (author), Bozzon, A. (author), Gadiraju, Ujwal (author)
Searching the web to learn new things or gain knowledge has become a common activity. Recent advances in conversational user interfaces have led to a new research opportunity - that of analyzing the potential of conversational interfaces in improving the effectiveness of search as learning (SAL). Addressing this knowledge gap, in this...
conference paper 2020
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Degachi, C. (author), Al Owayyed, M. (author), Tielman, M.L. (author)
Increased levels of user control in learning systems is commonly cited as good AI development practice. However, the evidence as to the effect of perceived control over trust in these systems is mixed. This study investigated the relationship between different trust dimensions and perceived control in postgraduate student burnout support...
conference paper 2023
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Giunti, Guido (author), Isomursu, M. (author), Gabarron, E. (author), Solad, Y. (author)
Advances in voice recognition, natural language processing, and artificial intelligence have led to the increasing availability and use of conversational agents (chatbots) in different settings. Chatbots are systems that mimic human dialogue interaction through text or voice. This paper describes a series of design considerations for...
conference paper 2021
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Bulygin, D. (author)
In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have been receiving more attention as tools for collecting data through qualitative interviews. The problem is we know little about how CAs affect both the interviewees and interviewers. This PhD project is dedicated to studying how to evaluate CA-mediated interviews and their effects on...
conference paper 2022
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Kernan Freire, S. (author), Wang, C.W. (author), Ruiz Arenas, S. (author), Niforatos, E. (author)
Many industries face the challenge of capturing workers' knowledge to share it, particularly tacit knowledge. The operation of complex systems such as a manufacturing line is knowledge-intensive. Considering this knowledge's breadth and dynamic nature, existing knowledge-sharing solutions are inefficient and resource intensive. Conversational...
conference paper 2023
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