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  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
11,937 Views
24 Pages

Interacting with a Chatbot-Based Advising System: Understanding the Effect of Chatbot Personality and User Gender on Behavior

  • Mohammad Amin Kuhail,
  • Justin Thomas,
  • Salwa Alramlawi,
  • Syed Jawad Hussain Shah and
  • Erik Thornquist

Chatbots with personality have been shown to affect engagement and user subjective satisfaction. Yet, the design of most chatbots focuses on functionality and accuracy rather than an interpersonal communication style. Existing studies on personality-...

(This article belongs to the Section Human-Computer Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
81 Citations
18,026 Views
18 Pages

Toward a Chatbot for Financial Sustainability

  • Sewoong Hwang and
  • Jonghyuk Kim

13 March 2021

This study examines technology effectiveness for industry demand in which artificial intelligence (AI) is applied in the financial sector. It summarizes prior studies on chatbot and customer service and investigates theories on acceptance attitudes f...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Insurtech, Proptech & Fintech Environment: Sustainability, Global Trends and Opportunities)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
11,915 Views
28 Pages

17 April 2024

The recent past has witnessed a growing interest in technologies for creating chatbots. Advances in Large Language Models for natural language processing are underpinning rapid progress in chatbot development, and experts predict revolutionary change...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Economics and Business Management)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,361 Views
40 Pages

Chatbot Adoption: A Systematic Literature Review

  • Jean-Michel Latulippe and
  • Riadh Ladhari

Chatbots have spurred keen academic interest in the last decade, with researchers focusing primarily on the factors impacting chatbot adoption by consumers. Based on a systematic literature review (SLR) of 202 selected peer-reviewed papers published...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
19,507 Views
19 Pages

In the online shopping context, brands aim to achieve a high level of profit by providing better customer satisfaction by using various artificial intelligence tools. They try creating a satisfactory customer experience by creating a system that prov...

  • Review
  • Open Access
82 Citations
9,401 Views
26 Pages

Ethical Implications of Chatbot Utilization in Nephrology

  • Oscar A. Garcia Valencia,
  • Supawadee Suppadungsuk,
  • Charat Thongprayoon,
  • Jing Miao,
  • Supawit Tangpanithandee,
  • Iasmina M. Craici and
  • Wisit Cheungpasitporn

8 September 2023

This comprehensive critical review critically examines the ethical implications associated with integrating chatbots into nephrology, aiming to identify concerns, propose policies, and offer potential solutions. Acknowledging the transformative poten...

(This article belongs to the Section Methodology, Drug and Device Discovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,685 Views
15 Pages

Empowering Preventive Care with GECA Chatbot

  • Eva Maia,
  • Pedro Vieira and
  • Isabel Praça

13 September 2023

Chatbots have become increasingly popular in the healthcare industry. In the area of preventive care, chatbots can provide personalized and timely solutions that aid individuals in maintaining their well-being and forestalling the development of chro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
13,859 Views
20 Pages

Implementation of Chatbot in Online Commerce, and Open Innovation

  • María D. Illescas-Manzano,
  • Noé Vicente López,
  • Nuno Afonso González and
  • Carmen Cristofol Rodríguez

This study describes the chatbot journey and focuses on its implementation within the digital marketing strategy in the first part of a company’s sales funnel. The main goal was to apply a chatbot via Facebook Messenger supported by the ManyChat plat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Global Challenges of Digital Transformation of Markets (GDTM-2020))
  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
15,399 Views
14 Pages

2 March 2023

Context: In cancer centres and hospitals particularly during the pandemic, there was a great demand for information, which could hardly be handled by the limited manpower available. This necessitated the development of an educational chatbot to disse...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Current State and Future Perspectives)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
249 Citations
39,552 Views
19 Pages

6 February 2023

The development of artificial intelligence in recent years has promoted the use of chatbot technology in sustainable education. Many studies examined the effect of chatbots on learning outcomes. However, scant studies summarized the effectiveness of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Use of Digital Technology for Sustainable Teaching and Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
92 Citations
22,406 Views
18 Pages

Chatbot-Based Services: A Study on Customers’ Reuse Intention

  • Filipe Araújo Silva,
  • Alireza Shabani Shojaei and
  • Belem Barbosa

The main objective of this article is to investigate the factors that influence customers’ intention to reuse chatbot-based services. The study employs a combination of the technology acceptance model (TAM) with other contributions in the liter...

(This article belongs to the Section Digital Marketing and the Evolving Consumer Experience)
  • Article
  • Open Access
810 Views
20 Pages

Improving Chatbot Usability Through Structured Prompt-Based Interaction Design

  • Gisel Katerine Bastidas-Guacho,
  • Edison Patricio Azogue Martínez,
  • Marco Antonio Gabilanes Martínez and
  • Patricio Xavier Moreno-Vallejo

This study presents a comparative evaluation of the usability of an intelligent chatbot implemented in a childcare center management system, focusing on the impact of a prompt-enhanced conversational configuration on user experience. The Chatbot Usab...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
5,815 Views
32 Pages

Chatbot Technology Use and Acceptance Using Educational Personas

  • Fatima Ali Amer jid Almahri,
  • David Bell and
  • Zameer Gulzar

Chatbots are computer programs that mimic human conversation using text or voice or both. Users’ acceptance of chatbots is highly influenced by their persona. Users develop a sense of familiarity with chatbots as they use them, so they become m...

(This article belongs to the Section Human-Computer Interaction)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,410 Views
15 Pages

25 October 2021

Chatbot technologies have made our lives easier. To create a chatbot with high intelligence, a significant amount of knowledge processing is required. However, this can slow down the reaction time; hence, a mechanism to enable a quick response is nee...

  • Article
  • Open Access
208 Citations
30,842 Views
24 Pages

The Effect of Social Presence and Chatbot Errors on Trust

  • Diana-Cezara Toader,
  • Grațiela Boca,
  • Rita Toader,
  • Mara Măcelaru,
  • Cezar Toader,
  • Diana Ighian and
  • Adrian T. Rădulescu

27 December 2019

This article explores the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) chatbots for creating positive change by supporting customers in the digital realm. Our study, which focuses on the customer and his/her declarative psychological responses to an int...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Digital Markets and the Consumer)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,729 Views
24 Pages

SQUbot: Enhancing Student Support Through a Personalized Chatbot System

  • Zia Nadir,
  • Hassan M. Al Lawati,
  • Rayees A. Mohammed,
  • Muna Al Subhi and
  • Abdulnasir Hossen

Educational institutions commonly receive numerous student requests regarding various services. Given the large population of students in a college, it becomes extremely overwhelming for the staff to address the inquiries of all the students while de...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI Trends in Teacher and Student Training)
  • Review
  • Open Access
55 Citations
7,177 Views
22 Pages

Enhancing Kidney Transplant Care through the Integration of Chatbot

  • Oscar A. Garcia Valencia,
  • Charat Thongprayoon,
  • Caroline C. Jadlowiec,
  • Shennen A. Mao,
  • Jing Miao and
  • Wisit Cheungpasitporn

12 September 2023

Kidney transplantation is a critical treatment option for end-stage kidney disease patients, offering improved quality of life and increased survival rates. However, the complexities of kidney transplant care necessitate continuous advancements in de...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,687 Views
11 Pages

Evaluation of ChatGPT as a Counselling Tool for Italian-Speaking MASLD Patients: Assessment of Accuracy, Completeness and Comprehensibility

  • Nicola Pugliese,
  • Davide Polverini,
  • Rosa Lombardi,
  • Grazia Pennisi,
  • Federico Ravaioli,
  • Angelo Armandi,
  • Elena Buzzetti,
  • Andrea Dalbeni,
  • Antonio Liguori and
  • NAFLD Expert Chatbot Working Group
  • + 9 authors

Background: Artificial intelligence (AI)-based chatbots have shown promise in providing counseling to patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). While ChatGPT3.5 has demonstrated the ability to comprehensively ans...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanisms of Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,416 Views
35 Pages

30 September 2025

A rule-based chatbot is a type of chatbot that responds by matching users’ queries with pre-defined rules. In e-learning, chatbots can enhance the learning experience by assisting teachers in delivering learning materials pleasantly. This resea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,768 Views
23 Pages

Integrating Chatbot Media Automations in Professional Journalism: An Evaluation Framework

  • Efthimis Kotenidis,
  • Nikolaos Vryzas,
  • Andreas Veglis and
  • Charalampos Dimoulas

21 November 2022

Interactivity has been a very sought-after feature in professional journalism ever since the media industry transitioned from print into the online space. Within this context, chatbots started to infiltrate the media sphere and provide news organizat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory and Applications of Web 3.0 in the Media Sector)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,077 Views
17 Pages

Fattybot: Designing a Hormone-Morphic Chatbot with a Hormonal and Immune System

  • Gonzalo Montero Albacete,
  • Juan Murillo Murillo,
  • Jorge Trasobares and
  • Rafael Lahoz-Beltra

1 August 2024

Currently, AI-designed systems in which, given a certain input or prompt, the system returns an output or response are becoming very popular. A chatbot is an example of this kind of system. However, human beings, besides processing the input stimuli...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Intelligence and Data Science for Health)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
5,967 Views
20 Pages

12 July 2023

Chatbots have gained widespread popularity for their task automation capabilities and consistent availability in various domains, including education. However, their ability to adapt to the continuously evolving and dynamic nature of knowledge is lim...

(This article belongs to the Collection The Application and Development of E-learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
7,807 Views
19 Pages

4 March 2025

The rapid expansion of digital news sources has necessitated intelligent systems capable of filtering, analyzing, and deriving meaningful insights from vast amounts of information in real time. This study presents an AI-driven chatbot designed for re...

(This article belongs to the Topic Soft Computing and Machine Learning)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
28,214 Views
22 Pages

AI Chatbots and Cognitive Control: Enhancing Executive Functions Through Chatbot Interactions: A Systematic Review

  • Pantelis Pergantis,
  • Victoria Bamicha,
  • Charalampos Skianis and
  • Athanasios Drigas

Background/Objectives: The evolution of digital technology enhances the broadening of a person’s intellectual growth. Research points out that implementing innovative applications of the digital world improves human social, cognitive, and metac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Effects of Cognitive Training on Executive Function and Cognition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
11,428 Views
13 Pages

17 November 2023

The digital transformation has created an environment that fosters the development of effective chatbots. Through the fusion of artificial intelligence and data, these chatbots have the capability to provide automated services, optimize customer expe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Holistic AI Technologies and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
19,612 Views
23 Pages

Extensible Chatbot Architecture Using Metamodels of Natural Language Understanding

  • Rade Matic,
  • Milos Kabiljo,
  • Miodrag Zivkovic and
  • Milan Cabarkapa

18 September 2021

In recent years, gradual improvements in communication and connectivity technologies have enabled new technical possibilities for the adoption of chatbots across diverse sectors such as customer services, trade, and marketing. The chatbot is a platfo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Human Activity Recognition and Machine Learning)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,330 Views
16 Pages

24 February 2025

Modern businesses increasingly rely on chatbots to enhance customer communication and automate routine tasks. The research aimed to determine the optimal configurations of a telecommunications chatbot on the Rasa Pro platform, including the selection...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence)
  • Article
  • Open Access
646 Views
16 Pages

Background: The expanding interest in chatbots within the medical domain underscores the imperative for a comprehensive understanding of their capabilities and limitations, particularly in the context of anatomical education. Chatbots possess the pot...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Generative AI Technologies: Shaping the Future of Higher Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
63 Citations
11,040 Views
14 Pages

The use of chatbots in news media platforms, although relatively recent, offers many advantages to journalists and media professionals and, at the same time, facilitates users’ interaction with useful and timely information. This study shows th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Data Science and Knowledge Discovery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
20,657 Views
18 Pages

21 February 2025

AI-controlled chatbots have been used in travel services for some time and range from simple hotel reservations to personalized travel recommendations. However, the acceptance of chatbots compared to human interlocutors has not yet been extensively s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
4,665 Views
17 Pages

Drivers of Chatbot Adoption among K–12 Teachers in Saudi Arabia

  • Nada Ali Al-Amri and
  • Ahlam Mohammed Al-Abdullatif

22 September 2024

The aim of the current study was to identify the factors influencing teachers’ acceptance of using chatbots in education. To achieve this, we employed the descriptive method, applying the conceptual framework of the unified theory of acceptance...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,377 Views
19 Pages

A Multi-Agent Chatbot Architecture for AI-Driven Language Learning

  • Moneerh Aleedy,
  • Eric Atwell and
  • Souham Meshoul

1 October 2025

Language learners increasingly rely on intelligent digital tools to supplement their learning experiences, yet existing chatbots often provide limited support, lacking adaptability, personalization, or domain-specific intelligence. This study introdu...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Digital Technology and AI in Educational Settings)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,767 Views
25 Pages

13 June 2024

Technology has revolutionized various industries; notably, chatbots impact healthcare through the efficient streamlining of medical procedures, cost reductions, and improved accessibility to healthcare services. Consequently, understanding how to pro...

(This article belongs to the Section Health, Well-Being and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,249 Views
24 Pages

Determinants of Chatbot Brand Trust in the Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Higher Education

  • Oluwanife Segun Falebita,
  • Joshua Abah Abah,
  • Akorede Ayoola Asanre,
  • Taiwo Oluwadayo Abiodun,
  • Musa Adekunle Ayanwale and
  • Olubunmi Kayode Ayanwoye

17 October 2025

The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) chatbots in brands is growing exponentially, and higher education institutions are not unaware of how such tools effectively shape the attitudes and behavioral intentions of students. These chatbo...

(This article belongs to the Topic AI Trends in Teacher and Student Training)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
7,182 Views
17 Pages

A Chatbot Student Support System in Open and Distance Learning Institutions

  • Juliana Ngozi Ndunagu,
  • Christiana Uchenna Ezeanya,
  • Benjamin Osondu Onuorah,
  • Jude Chukwuma Onyeakazi and
  • Elochukwu Ukwandu

The disruptive innovation of artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots is affecting educational dominance, which must be considered by higher educational institutions. Open and Distance Learning (ODL) becomes imperative for the effective and interactive...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Present and Future of E-Learning Technologies (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
3,939 Views
16 Pages

Background/Objectives: The integration of AI chatbots in nursing education, particularly in simulation-based learning, is advancing rapidly. However, there is a lack of structured evaluation models, especially to assess AI-generated simulations. This...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,810 Views
13 Pages

Designing a Chatbot for Helping Parenting Practice

  • Chi-Shun Yu,
  • Mei-Hua Hsu,
  • Yung-Chung Wang and
  • Yi-Jie You

30 January 2023

In today’s society, many families do not have children due to various reasons. The reasons include the pressure brought by childcare, and that double-income families do not have time to raise children, especially novice parents who will retreat...

(This article belongs to the Section Computing and Artificial Intelligence)
  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
77 Citations
17,689 Views
33 Pages

Graph-Based Conversational AI: Towards a Distributed and Collaborative Multi-Chatbot Approach for Museums

  • Savvas Varitimiadis,
  • Konstantinos Kotis,
  • Dimitra Pittou and
  • Georgios Konstantakis

1 October 2021

Nowadays, museums are developing chatbots to assist their visitors and to provide an enhanced visiting experience. Most of these chatbots do not provide a human-like conversation and fail to deliver the complete requested knowledge by the visitors. T...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Digitizing Cultural Heritage)
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
7,685 Views
17 Pages

The integration of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in higher education has opened new avenues for enhancing academic writing through student–chatbot interactions. While initial research has explored this potential, deeper insights in...

(This article belongs to the Section Technology Enhanced Education)
  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,411 Views
12 Pages

29 August 2023

Objectives: This study aims to make radiotherapy knowledge regarding healthcare accessible to the general public by developing an AI-powered chatbot. The interactive nature of the chatbot is expected to facilitate better understanding of information...

(This article belongs to the Section Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,564 Views
20 Pages

ChatBlock: A Block-Based Chatbot Framework for Supporting Young Learners and the Classroom Authoring for Teachers

  • Chutiporn Anutariya,
  • Hathaichanok Chawmungkrung,
  • Watanee Jearanaiwongkul and
  • Teeradaj Racharak

Chatbots have been used as a digital interactive learning tool in education. Designing a chatbot for young students has challenges in their capability to formulate sentences by typing. Teachers have a challenge to develop a chatbot for desired purpos...

(This article belongs to the Section Information and Communication Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
56 Citations
13,899 Views
22 Pages

25 March 2020

Accurate generative chatbots are usually trained on large datasets of question–answer pairs. Despite such datasets not existing for some languages, it does not reduce the need for companies to have chatbot technology in their websites. However,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,282 Views
11 Pages

11 May 2020

A conversation is based on internal knowledge that the participants already know or external knowledge that they have gained during the conversation. A chatbot that communicates with humans by using its internal and external knowledge is called a kno...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
8,482 Views
16 Pages

ODO: Design of Multimodal Chatbot for an Experiential Media System

  • Ravi Bhushan,
  • Karthik Kulkarni,
  • Vishal Kumar Pandey,
  • Connor Rawls,
  • Brandon Mechtley,
  • Suren Jayasuriya and
  • Christian Ziegler

This paper presents the design of a multimodal chatbot for use in an interactive theater performance. This chatbot has an architecture consisting of vision and natural language processing capabilities, as well as embodiment in a non-anthropomorphic m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
8,617 Views
10 Pages

Digital interventions for increasing physical activity behavior have shown great potential, especially those with social media. Chatbots, also known as conversational agents, have emerged in healthcare in relation to digital interventions and have pr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the pHealth 2021 Conference, Genoa, Italy, 8-10 November 2021)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
11,216 Views
18 Pages

Personalized Gamification for Learning: A Reactive Chatbot Architecture Proposal

  • Carina S. González-González,
  • Vanesa Muñoz-Cruz,
  • Pedro Antonio Toledo-Delgado and
  • Eduardo Nacimiento-García

3 January 2023

A key factor for successfully implementing gamified learning platforms is making students interact with the system from multiple digital platforms. Learning platforms that try to accomplish all their objectives by concentrating all the interactions f...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensors and Robotics)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
27 Citations
6,601 Views
6 Pages

12 December 2023

This paper introduces the implementation of a chatbot on the web portal of a higher education institution, aiming to enhance student interaction and provide seamless access to information and support services. With the increasing reliance on digital...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences)
  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
14,828 Views
33 Pages

29 December 2024

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent mental health conditions globally, causing significant personal and societal burdens. Traditional therapies, while effective, often face barriers such as limited accessibility, high costs, and the stigma...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Emerging Research in Optimization Algorithms in the Era of Big Data)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,235 Views
30 Pages

13 September 2023

A chatbot is a technological tool that can simulate a discussion between a human and a program application. This technology has been developing rapidly over recent years, and its usage is increasing rapidly in many sectors, especially in education. F...

(This article belongs to the Section Information Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,729 Views
9 Pages

Using an Artificial Intelligence Based Chatbot to Provide Parent Training: Results from a Feasibility Study

  • Guido A. Entenberg,
  • Malenka Areas,
  • Andrés J. Roussos,
  • Ana Laura Maglio,
  • Jillian Thrall,
  • Milagros Escoredo and
  • Eduardo L. Bunge

5 November 2021

Online parenting training programs have shown to be effective. However, no studies on parent training programs delivered through chatbots have been reported yet. Aim. This study aims to assess the feasibility of delivering parenting skills through a...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Technological Approaches for the Treatment of Mental Health in Youth)

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