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, In 19th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2024, Wollongong, NSW, Australia, April 10–12, 2024, Proceedings p.100-115.

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.

Ramya Ghantasala, N. Albers, Kristell M. Penfornis, Milon van Vliet, W.P. Brinkman (2023), Feasibility of generating structured motivational messages for tailored physical activity coaching, In Frontiers in Digital Health Volume 5.

Kristell M. Penfornis, Milon van Vliet, Eline Meijer, Anke Versluis, N. Albers, Bouke Scheltinga, Sven van der Burg, Walter Baccinelli (2023), Lessons learnt in developing a virtual coach for smoking cessation and physical activity promotion, 37th Annual Conference of the European Health Psychology Society p.427-427.

Anke Versluis, Kristell M. Penfornis, Milon van Vliet, N. Albers, Bouke Scheltinga, Sven van der Burg, Walter Baccinelli, Eline Meijer (2023), Perfect Fit: Identiteitsgebaseerde virtuele coach die ondersteunt bij stoppen met roken en meer bewegen - Ontwikkeling en geleerde lessen, NNvT Congres 2023 p.13-13.

Nele Albers, Mark A. Neerincx, Willem-Paul Brinkman (2023), Persuading to Prepare for Quitting Smoking with a Virtual Coach: Using States and User Characteristics to Predict Behavior, In AAMAS '23: Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems p.717-726, International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS).

N. Albers, B. Hizli, Bouke Scheltinga, Eline Meijer, W.P. Brinkman (2023), Setting Physical Activity Goals with a Virtual Coach: Vicarious Experiences, Personalization and Acceptance, In Journal of Medical Systems Volume 47.

N. Albers, M.A. Neerincx, W.P. Brinkman (2022), Addressing people’s current and future states in a reinforcement learning algorithm for persuading to quit smoking and to be physically active, In PLoS ONE Volume 17.

Walter Baccinelli, Sven van der Burg, Robin Richardson, Bouke Scheltinga, N. Albers, Djura Smits, Cunliang Geng, W.P. Brinkman, Jasper Reenalda, More Authors (2022), Reusable Virtual Coach for Smoking Cessation and Physical Activity Coaching, In IVA 2022 - Proceedings of the 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).