Embodied agents have received large amounts of interest in recent years. They are often
equipped with the ability to express emotion, but without understanding the impact this can …

Formulating short form advertising messages with little ad content that work and choosing
high-performing channels to disseminate them are persistent challenges in multichannel …

Our eating habits, an essential component of our well-being, are molded by cultural,
psychological, and educational factors. These habits solidify over time and are difficult to …

This research explores ideal methods of persuasion through computer-mediated dialogue.
We attempt to identify which persuasive strategy is most successful. We designed a Wizard …

The unique capabilities of mobile, context-aware, networked devices make them an
interesting platform for applying suggestion in persuasive technologies. Because these …

In this paper, we apply reinforcement learning for automatically learning cooperative
persuasive dialogue system policies using framing, the use of emotionally charged …

Embodied agents are often designed with the ability to simulate human emotion. This paper
investigates the psychological impact of simulated emotional expressions on computer …

Persuasive dialogue systems that aim to change people's attitudes and behaviours have
drawn much attention in recent years due to their great practical potential. Current systems …

In this paper, we propose a new framework of cooperative persuasive dialogue, where a
dialogue system simultaneously attempts to achieve user satisfaction while persuading the …

There is a need for multi-agent system designers in determining the quality of systems in the
earliest phases of the development process. The architectures of the agents are also part of …