Conversational agents: Goals, technologies, vision and challenges

M Allouch, A Azaria, R Azoulay - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have become ubiquitous and are a presence in
our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs …

Beyond games: a systematic review of neural Monte Carlo tree search Applications

M Kemmerling, D Lütticke, RH Schmitt - Applied Intelligence, 2024 - Springer
The advent of AlphaGo and its successors marked the beginning of a new paradigm in
playing games using artificial intelligence. This was achieved by combining Monte Carlo …

[HTML][HTML] Explaining intention to reduce red and processed meat in the UK and Italy using the theory of planned behaviour, meat-eater identity, and the Transtheoretical …

E Wolstenholme, V Carfora, P Catellani, W Poortinga… - Appetite, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aimed to contribute to the growing literature investigating the psychosocial factors
associated with intentions to reduce red and processed meat consumption, given the …

Rational and moral motives to reduce red and processed meat consumption

V Carfora, M Conner, D Caso… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study analyzed the psychosocial aspects that predict intention to reduce red/processed
meat consumption, proposing an integration of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and …

A cognitive-emotional model to explain message framing effects: Reducing meat consumption

V Carfora, M Pastore, P Catellani - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
We tested the plausibility of a cognitive-emotional model to understand the effects of
messages framed in terms of gain, non-loss, non-gain, and loss, and related to the health …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating personal and pro-environmental motives to explain Italian women's purchase of sustainable clothing

V Carfora, G Buscicchio, P Catellani - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Despite increased knowledge of the impact of clothing production on the environment, the
general public still has a low intention to purchase sustainable clothing. The present study …

Ethical and legal considerations for nutrition virtual coaches

D Calvaresi, R Carli, JG Piguet, VH Contreras… - AI and Ethics, 2023 - Springer
Choices and preferences of individuals are nowadays increasingly influenced by countless
inputs and recommendations provided by artificial intelligence-based systems. The accuracy …

Addressing people's current and future states in a reinforcement learning algorithm for persuading to quit smoking and to be physically active

N Albers, MA Neerincx, WP Brinkman - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Behavior change applications often assign their users activities such as tracking the number
of smoked cigarettes or planning a running route. To help a user complete these activities …

Adding dynamic norm to environmental information in messages promoting the reduction of meat consumption

V Carfora, N Zeiske, E van der Werff… - Environmental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research has shown that dynamic norm information can promote pro-environmental actions
(ie information indicating that a growing number of people are behaving pro …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of message framing in promoting the Mediterranean diet: The moderating role of eating self-efficacy

V Carfora, M Morandi, P Catellani - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Although a Mediterranean diet (MeDiet) provides several psychophysical health benefits,
research on how to effectively promote MeDiet adherence is still lacking. In the present …