The online coach within the simulation league has become more powerful over the last few years. Therefore, new options with regard to the recognition of the opponents strategy are possible. For example, the online coach is the only player who gets the information of all the objects on the field. This leads to the idea determine the opponents play system by the online coach and then choose an ef...

In a team-based multiagent system, the ability to construct a model of an opponent team’s joint behavior can be useful for determining an agent’s expected distribution over future world states, and thus can inform its planning of future actions. This paper presents an approach to team opponent modeling in the context of the RoboCup simulation coach competition. Specifically, it introduces an au...

The Dark Triad (psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism) has been linked to anti-social behaviour in sport, while often involves aggression violence, no research date examined the relationship between anger athletes. current two-sample study sought address this gap. Multi-sample cross-sectional design. Sample 1 included 224 athletes (MAGE = 23.85) 2 98 coach-athlete dyads (196 total; athl...

OBJECTIVE To test an air cleaner and health coach intervention to reduce secondhand smoke exposure compared with air cleaners alone or no air cleaners in reducing particulate matter (PM), air nicotine, and urine cotinine concentrations and increasing symptom-free days in children with asthma residing with a smoker. DESIGN Randomized controlled trial, with randomization embedded in study datab...

BACKGROUND Internet-based self-help is an effective preventive intervention for highly prevalent disorders, such as depression and anxiety. It is not clear, however, whether it is necessary to offer these interventions with professional support or if they work without any guidance. In case support is necessary, it is not clear which level of support is needed. This study examines whether an int...

The current paper describes research that is aimed at elucidating our understanding of media technology factors that may help users of exercise equipment to stay motivated for doing regular workouts. In particular, we investigated the effects of immersion and coaching by a virtual agent on intrinsic motivation and the sense of presence of participants cycling on a stationary home exercise bike....

This publication and its companion paper and video are copyrighted: J. Mostow, S. Roth, A. Hauptmann, M. Kane, A. Swift, L. Chase, and B. Weide. (August 1994). A reading coach that listens: (edited) video transcript. Proceedings of the Twelfth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI94). Seattle, WA. J. Mostow, S. Roth, A. G. Hauptmann, and M. Kane. (August 1994). A Prototype Readin...

In this paper we present a model of competition between operators on urban local bus routes in which passengers always board the first bus to arrive, and it is costly to revise timetables. The model predictds that timetables are unstable, the operator whose bus was boarded by fewest passengers is the most likely to change its arrival time, and to try to leapfrog its rival by arriving just befor...

An understanding of how an athlete’s motivation is affected by coaching behaviours is vital information for a coach to acquire. This study examines the impact and need for a coach in optimising international athletes’ training and competition motivation within the framework of Cognitive Evaluation Theory. The participants were six long distance runners with international experience. Qualitative...