N. Albers (2025), Psychology-Informed Reinforcement Learning for Situated Virtual Coaching in Smoking Cessation, PhD Thesis Delft University of Technology.

Milon van Vliet, Anke Versluis, Niels H. Chavannes, Bouke Scheltinga, N. Albers, Kristell M. Penfornis, Walter Baccinelli, Eline Meijer (2024), A mixed-methods evaluation of a virtual coach for smoking cessation and physical activity in adults, In European journal of public health.

Diederik Heijbroek, Nele Albers, Willem-Paul Brinkman (2024), Algorithmic Support for Health Behavior Change: A Scoping Review Protocol, In CEUR Workshop Proceedings p.37-41.

M. Dierikx, N. Albers, Bouke Scheltinga, W.P. Brinkman (2024), Collaboratively Setting Daily Step Goals with a Virtual Coach: Using Reinforcement Learning to Personalize Initial Proposals, Nilufar Baghaei, Raian Ali, Khin Win, Kiemute Oyibo (Eds.), In 19th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2024, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, April 10–12, 2024, Proceedings p.100-115.

N. Albers, Andrea Bönsch, Jonathan Ehret, B.A. Khodakov, W.P. Brinkman (2024), German and Dutch Translations of the Artificial-Social-Agent Questionnaire Instrument for Evaluating Human-Agent Interactions, In IVA '24: Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents.

Milon van Vliet, Anke Versluis, Niels H. Chavannes, Bouke Scheltinga, N. Albers, Kristell M. Penfornis, Walter Baccinelli, Eline Meijer (2024), Protocol of a mixed-methods evaluation of Perfect Fit: A personalized mHealth intervention with a virtual coach to promote smoking cessation and physical activity in adults, In Digital Health Volume 10.

Anke Versluis, Kristell M. Penfornis, Sven van der Burg, Bouke Scheltinga, Milon van Vliet, N. Albers, Eline Meijer (2024), Targeting Key Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease in At-Risk Individuals: Developing a Digital, Personalized, and Real-Time Intervention to Facilitate Smoking Cessation and Physical Activity, In JMIR Cardio Volume 8.

Nele Albers, Amal Abdulrahman, Deborah Richards, Caroline Figueroa, Bibhas Chakraborty, Ananya Bhattacharjee, Linwei He, Mark A. Neerincx, Willem-Paul Brinkman, More Authors (2024), Workshop on Algorithmic Behavior Change Support, In CEUR Workshop Proceedings p.1-7.

N. Albers, M.A. Neerincx, N.L. Aretz, M. Ali, A. Ekinci, W.P. Brinkman (2023), Attitudes Toward a Virtual Smoking Cessation Coach: Relationship and Willingness to Continue, A Meschtscherjakov, C. Midden, J. Ham (Eds.), In Persuasive Technology. Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 13832 p.265-274, Springer.

N. Albers, M.A. Neerincx, W.P. Brinkman (2023), Effectiveness of User States, Demographics and Traits in Persuading to Quit Smoking, BNAIC/BeNeLearn 2023: Joint International Scientific Conferences on AI and Machine Learning.