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Martijn C. Willemsen

Eindhoven University of Technology
Verified email at tue.nl
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[HTML][HTML] Explaining the user experience of recommender systems

BP Knijnenburg, MC Willemsen, Z Gantner… - User modeling and user …, 2012 - Springer
Research on recommender systems typically focuses on the accuracy of prediction
algorithms. Because accuracy only partially constitutes the user experience of a …

Smoking cessation interventions for smokers with current or past depression

RM van der Meer, MC Willemsen… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Individuals with current or past depression are often smokers who are more
nicotine dependent, more likely to suffer from negative mood changes after nicotine …

[HTML][HTML] Are smokers protected against SARS-CoV-2 infection (COVID-19)? The origins of the myth

NA van Westen-Lagerweij, E Meijer… - NPJ primary care …, 2021 - nature.com
A number of recent studies have found low percentages of smokers among COVID-19
patients, causing scientists to conclude that smokers may be protected against SARS-CoV-2 …

Understanding choice overload in recommender systems

D Bollen, BP Knijnenburg, MC Willemsen… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - dl.acm.org
Even though people are attracted by large, high quality recommendation sets, psychological
research on choice overload shows that choosing an item from recommendation sets …

Process models deserve process data: Comment on Brandstätter, Gigerenzer, and Hertwig (2006).

EJ Johnson, M Schulte-Mecklenbeck, MC Willemsen - 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Comments on the article by E. Brandstätter, G. Gigerenzer, and R. Hertwig (see record 2006-
04733-008). Resolution of debates in cognition usually comes from the introduction of …

User perception of differences in recommender algorithms

MD Ekstrand, FM Harper, MC Willemsen… - Proceedings of the 8th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Recent developments in user evaluation of recommender systems have brought forth
powerful new tools for understanding what makes recommendations effective and useful …

[HTML][HTML] Awareness, trial, and current use of electronic cigarettes in 10 countries: Findings from the ITC project

S Gravely, GT Fong, KM Cummings, M Yan… - International journal of …, 2014 - mdpi.com
Background: In recent years, electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have generated
considerable interest and debate on the implications for tobacco control and public health …

Interpersonal communication as an indirect pathway for the effect of antismoking media content on smoking cessation

B Van den Putte, M Yzer, BG Southwell… - Journal of health …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In the context of health campaigns, interpersonal communication can serve at least 2
functions:(a) to stimulate change through social interaction and (b) in a secondary diffusion …

Lung cancer screening and smoking abstinence: 2 year follow-up data from the Dutch–Belgian randomised controlled lung cancer screening trial

CM van der Aalst, KAM van den Bergh, MC Willemsen… - Thorax, 2010 - thorax.bmj.com
Background Lung cancer screening may provide a new opportunity for attempts to quit
among smokers or might delay smoking cessation, but studies to date failed to provide …

Evaluating recommender systems with user experiments

BP Knijnenburg, MC Willemsen - Recommender systems handbook, 2015 - Springer
Traditionally, the field of recommender systems has evaluated the fruits of its labor using
metrics of algorithmic accuracy and precision (see Chap. 8 for an overview of recommender …