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\chapter*{Acknowledgements}
I wish to extend my special thanks to my supervisors, Prof. dr. ir. Joost Visser and Dr. Suzan Verberne, for their invaluable assistance and guidance. I would also like to thank ScoutinScience B.V. for our fruitful collaboration and for allowing me to use their software for experimentation, validation, and demonstration purposes. Last but not least, I would like to individually thank
Ádám Kovács,
Balázs Csomor,
Bálint Bakcsa,
Bendegúz Bendicsek,
Joana Trashlieva,
Leonardo Pohl,
Lion Cassens,
László Radnai,
Máté Wolf,
and Olivér Angyal,
for participating and providing insightful feedback in our interviews.

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