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2001
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Building a Lifestyle Recommender System
Recommender systems are new types of internet-based software tools, designed to help users find their way through today's complex on-line shops and entertainment websites. He...
Supiya Ujjin, Peter J. Bentley
IADIS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Design of Physical Activity Recommendation System
Leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) has been shown to be an effective way of preventing diseases. However 50% of the people who start any type of sports or LTPA drop out of the ...
Ashkan Sami, Ryoichi Nagatomi, Masahiro Terabe, Ka...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
An embodied conversational agent as a lifestyle advisor
Persistent Embodied Conversational Agents (ECA) can be used to assist users in their daily activities. We introduce the Health and Fitness Companion (HFC), which is a conversation...
Cameron Smith, Daniel Charlton, Li Zhang, Marc Cav...

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397views
14 years 6 months ago
Build it but where? A GIS methodology for guiding the planning of new cycling facilities
Concern over climate change, traffic congestion, and the health consequences of sedentary lifestyles has resulted in a surge of interest in cycling as an efficient form of urban ...
Larsen, J. & El-Geneidy, M.
CHI
2009
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Theory-driven design strategies for technologies that support behavior change in everyday life
In this paper, we propose design strategies for persuasive technologies that help people who want to change their everyday behaviors. Our strategies use theory and prior work to s...
Sunny Consolvo, David W. McDonald, James A. Landay