Background Information technology can help individuals to change their health behaviors.
This is due to its potential for dynamic and unbiased information processing enabling users …

The Handbook of Natural Language Processing, Second Edition presents practical tools
and techniques for implementing natural language processing in computer systems. Along …

In this paper, we develop and validate a scale to measure the perceived persuasiveness of
messages to be used in digital behavior interventions. A literature review is conducted to …

Persuasive gamified systems for health are interventions that promote behaviour change
using various persuasive strategies. While research has shown that these strategies are …

This paper considers how persuasive messages–within the healthy eating domain–should
be communicated to individuals with different personality types. Following a personality …

Abstract Argumentation is a very fertile area of research in Artificial Intelligence, and various
semantics have been developed to predict when an argument can be accepted, depending …

This article proposes a cost–benefit analysis of argumentation, with the aim of highlighting
the strategic considerations that govern the agent's decision to argue or not. In spite of its …

Persuasion dialogue systems reflect the machine's ability to make strategic moves beyond
verbal communication, and therefore differentiate themselves from task-oriented or open …

This concise text provides an accessible introduction to artificial intelligence and intelligent
user interfaces (IUIs) and how they are at the heart of a communication revolution for …

Obesity is a major health concern caused by unhealthy eating behaviors. Digital weight loss
interventions have adopted mobile technology primarily in order to support self-monitoring …