Walking in the wild - Using an always-on smartphone application to increase physical activity

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 8120 LNCS, Issue PART 4, 2013, Pages 19-36

  Harries, Tim ^a   Eslambolchilar, Parisa ^b   Stride, Chris ^c   Rettie, Ruth ^a   Walton, Simon ^d  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

active lifestyle; app; feedback; norms; social sharing; walking

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE-LIFESTYLE; APP; NORMS; SOCIAL SHARING; WALKING;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE; FEEDBACK;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 84883265639     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-40498-6_2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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