Social comparison-based features are widely used in social computing apps. However, most existing apps not grounded comparison theories and do consider individual differences preferences reactions. This paper is among the first to automatically personalize targets. In context of an m-health app for physical activity, we use artificial intelligence (AI) techniques multi-armed bandits. Results fr...

Although changes have proven to be one of the crucial causes of project deviations, this topic is relatively poorly discussed in the literature. This paper presents research whose goal was to examine how changes can be prevented, and how to reduce their negative impact. Theoretical research examined risk management and change management. The developed model was verifi ed after conducting empiri...

Although good general principles for climate change adaptation in conservation have been developed, it is proving a challenge to translate them into more detailed recommendations for action. To improve our understanding of what adaptation might involve in practice, we investigated how the managers of conservation areas in eastern England are considering climate change. We used a written questio...