Agents United: An Open Platform for Multi-Agent Conversational Systems

The development of applications with intelligent virtual agents (IVA) often comes with integration of multiple complex components. In this article we present the Agents United Platform: an open source platform that researchers and developers can use as a starting point to setup their own multi-IVA applications. The new platform provides...

Reducing social diabetes distress with a conversational agent support system: A three-week technology feasibility evaluation

Background: People with diabetes mellitus not only have to deal with physical health problems, but also with the psycho-social challenges their chronic disease brings. Currently, technological tools that support the psycho-social context of a patient have received little attention.<br/><br/>Objective: The objective of this work is to determine...