Smart meters detect dementia patients' daily activities to prevent crises.
problem Monitoring dementia patients' daily activities without intruding.
method Machine learning and signal processing for smart meter load disaggregation.
result SVM and Decision Forest models accurately detect ADLs and routine changes.
Study uses 1D-CNNs to forecast mortality in ELSA survey.
problem Forecasting mortality in the middle-aged and older population.
method 1D-CNNs applied to longitudinal data with various over/undersampling and activation functions.
result Swish nonlinearity outperforms other functions in forecasting mortality.
New sEMG dataset for ADL activities recognized with high accuracy.
problem Developing a robust dataset for sEMG-based ADL activity recognition.
method Acquired sEMG data from 25 subjects performing 22 ADL activities. Used 4 classifiers with various feature sets.
result SVM classifier achieved 83.21% accuracy on 5 FAABOS categories.
This paper surveys smart buildings using machine learning and big data.
problem Improving comfort and efficiency in smart buildings through data analysis.
method Survey of machine learning and big data techniques for smart buildings.
result Machine learning and big data are crucial for smart building services.
The paper presents a method to reduce arm motion complexity for prosthetics and robotics.
problem Reducing the complexity of human arm motions for robotic and prosthetic control.
method Data-driven techniques including DTW, DBA, Ward's distance, batch-DTW, and fPCA.
result Representative motion clusters and averages for different arm DOF levels.
Experiment tested active learning for Thai text segmentation.
problem Using active learning for text annotation in machine learning.
method Live experiment with two sampling methods: random and model-based.
result Active learning strategy interacted with real-world changes.
Inspired by the hierarchical hidden Markov models (HHMM), we present the hierarchical semi-Markov conditional random field (HSCRF), a generalisation of embedded undirectedMarkov chains tomodel complex hierarchical, nestedMarkov processes. It is parameterised in a discriminative framework and has polynomial time algorit…
With the availability of vast amounts of user visitation history on location-based social networks (LBSN), the problem of Point-of-Interest (POI) prediction has been extensively studied. However, much of the research has been conducted solely on voluntary checkin datasets collected from social apps such as Foursquare o…
Paper develops methods for evaluating mHealth interventions using historical data.
problem Evaluating the long-term effectiveness of mHealth interventions designed for near-term outcomes.
method Develops off-policy estimation techniques to infer long-term average outcomes from historical data.
result Provides estimators and confidence intervals for evaluating mHealth policies.
We propose a sparse-coding framework for activity recognition in ubiquitous and mobile computing that alleviates two fundamental problems of current supervised learning approaches. (i) It automatically derives a compact, sparse and meaningful feature representation of sensor data that does not rely on prior expert know…
Paper uses RL to optimize daily step distribution for better health biomarkers.
problem Lack of personalized PA distribution recommendations for health biomarkers.
method Developed an offline reinforcement learning algorithm to learn optimal PA distributions.
result Learned optimal policy suggests more consistent daily steps and tailored recommendations.
Deep learning enhances active inference for dynamic state spaces.
problem Limited applicability of active inference to continuous state spaces.
method Use of deep learning to approximate probability distributions for active inference.
result Active inference can be applied to continuous state spaces.
Funds inflate their returns due to price pressure, leading to wealth reallocation and market crashes.
problem Funds inflate their returns due to price pressure, leading to wealth reallocation and market crashes.
method Decomposed fund returns into price pressure and fundamental components, and identified the impact of price chasing on fund flows.
result Funds' self-inflated returns lead to wealth reallocation and market crashes, and can be predicted by fund illiquidity.
New indicator detects financial strain through smart meter data.
problem Fuel poverty in households, affecting millions.
method Smart meters and machine learning for behavior measurement.
result Early detection of financial strain in households.
Smart devices of everyday use (such as smartphones and wearables) are increasingly integrated with sensors that provide immense amounts of information about a person's daily life such as behavior and context. The automatic and unobtrusive sensing of behavioral context can help develop solutions for assisted living, fit…
We define a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) in which each hidden state has time-dependent activity levels that drive transitions and emissions, and show how to estimate its parameters. Our construction is motivated by the problem of inferring human mobility on sub-daily time scales from, for example, mobile phone …
Paper tackles fall detection using adversarial learning.
problem Detecting falls in the absence of training data due to class imbalance.
method Adversarial learning framework with spatio-temporal autoencoder and convolution network.
result Proposed framework outperformed baseline methods on publicly available datasets.
This work tackles missing annotations in large sensor datasets.
problem Missing annotations in large sensor datasets negatively affect supervised learning system performance.
method Proposes and evaluates three paradigms to handle gaps: dropping, single label, and unique label, along with a hybrid combination.
result Evaluation of proposed paradigms and hybrid combination shows significant performance improvement.
Pre-trained model from healthy ADLs improves gait pattern classification for Parkinson's disease.
problem Limited training data for deep learning models in healthcare applications.
method Used convolutional autoencoder to extract features from healthy ADLs data and trained a multi-layer perceptron model for Parkinson's disease classification.
result Features extracted from healthy ADLs data can be used to train an effective classification model for Parkinson's disease.
The goal of this article is to describe the concepts of system dynamics and its applications to the simulation modeling of financial institutions daily activity. The hybrid method of the re-engineering of banking business processes based upon combination of system dynamics, queuing theory and tools of ordinary differen…
Our research focuses on analysing human activities according to a known behaviorist scenario, in case of noisy and high dimensional collected data. The data come from the monitoring of patients with dementia diseases by wearable cameras. We define a structural model of video recordings based on a Hidden Markov Model. N…
Human activity recognition using smart home sensors is one of the bases of ubiquitous computing in smart environments and a topic undergoing intense research in the field of ambient assisted living. The increasingly large amount of data sets calls for machine learning methods. In this paper, we introduce a deep learnin…
Mobile payment incentives optimized using merchant transaction networks.
problem Optimizing marketing campaigns with limited budgets.
method Graph representation learning on transaction networks.
result Effective modeling of merchant sensitivity to incentives.
Generative model predicts daily activity sequences with duration-aware dynamics.
problem Accurately forecasting granular daily activity sequences for energy demand.
method Hierarchical semi-Markov models with duration-aware dynamics.
result Explicitly modeling activity durations improves predictive performance.
We show power-scaling behaviors for fluctuations in share volume, which no other studies have so far done. After analyzing a database of the daily transactions for all securities listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, we selected 1050 large companies that each had an unbroken series of daily trading activity from January …
Study user engagement in mobile health apps for health workers in resource-poor settings.
problem Detect churn and tailor content for health workers in mobile health apps.
method Probabilistic and survival analysis of behavioral logs.
result Personalized measures of meaningful engagement can enhance health outcomes.
Optimization learns as it goes, improving with experience.
problem Complex, evolving environments in practical applications.
method Online Convex Optimization (OCO) approach.
result Success in modeling and systems now part of daily life.
New method learns routines from inertial data without privacy concerns.
problem Recognizing human activities with limited sets of specific activities.
method Metric learning problem defined for time series, SS2S architecture.
result Clustering recovers daily routines from learned distance.
The paper explores fairness in AI algorithms across various sectors.
problem Algorithmic fairness in AI decision-making is crucial but often overlooked.
method Overview of fairness concepts, mechanisms, and datasets.
result Comprehensive comparison of fairness-enhancing mechanisms.
Neural network models improve ROC curve evaluation of biomarkers, focusing on age's role in physical activity-mortality association.
problem Improving biomarker evaluation using machine learning for complex relationships.
method Proposes neural network-based covariate-adjusted ROC modeling.
result Age has distinct effects on mortality outcomes when physical activity is measured as total activity time.
Efficient machine learning detects falls in elderly with high accuracy.
problem Rapid fall detection for elderly to prevent injuries.
method Machine learning algorithm using accelerometer data.
result 99.98% accuracy with SVM classifier on public dataset.
Research has proven that stress reduces quality of life and causes many diseases. For this reason, several researchers devised stress detection systems based on physiological parameters. However, these systems require that obtrusive sensors are continuously carried by the user. In our paper, we propose an alternative a…
Simitate is a benchmark for evaluating imitation learning approaches.
problem Evaluating the performance of imitation learning algorithms.
method Hybrid dataset with realistic RGB and depth streams, ground truth poses, and pre-trained models.
result Supports the development of imitation learning approaches through reproducible evaluation metrics.
Transfer learning improves activity recognition accuracy on smartwatches.
problem Inconsistent activity recognition accuracy across different users.
method On-device calibration of GBM by tuning parameters without retraining.
result Significant improvement in user-based accuracy for activity recognition.
New feature representation improves HAR model accuracy.
problem Improving human activity recognition model performance.
method Proposed new feature representation and comparison with existing methods.
result Techniques based on the proposed representation outperform baselines.
New activations improve deep network reproducibility without sacrificing accuracy.
problem Deep networks' reproducibility issues, especially on distributed systems.
method Developed SmeLU activations, smoother than ReLU, to enhance reproducibility.
result SmeLU activations provide better accuracy-reproducibility tradeoffs.
Develops a machine learning model to predict ALS progression and assistive device use.
problem Challenges in predicting clinically meaningful milestones in ALS.
method Integrates longitudinal ALSFRS-R trajectories with survival modeling.
result Generates individualized survival curves and predicts wheelchair-free survival.
Study models live cattle futures prices in Brazil.
problem Estimate futures prices for better risk management.
method Holt-Winters, ARIMA, GARMA models.
result GARMA(2,1) model best predicts BGI prices.
By analyzing a large data set of daily returns with data clustering technique, we identify economic sectors as clusters of assets with a similar economic dynamics. The sector size distribution follows Zipf's law. Secondly, we find that patterns of daily market-wide economic activity cluster into classes that can be ide…
Two-step model estimates DLMO using both daily and frequent data.
problem Expensive and time-consuming DLMO measurement.
method Two-step framework combining daily and frequent data.
result Two-step model with two time-scale features has lower errors.
A dataset for detecting online hate speech from YouTube and Reddit comments.
problem Detecting and preventing hate speech on social media platforms.
method Created a dataset with two variants: binary and multi-label, based on YouTube and Reddit comments, using Figure-Eight crowdsourcing platform.
result Demonstrated that even a small amount of labelled data can help detect hate speech occurrences.
Paper presents a novel online HAR method using Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models.
problem Challenges in robust online activity recognition in smart environments.
method Two-phase approach: 1) Segmentation and activity reporting using Hierarchical Hidden Markov Models, 2) Correction of labels based on statistical features.
result Proposes a method that can detect and correct interrupted activities, outperforming state-of-the-art methods.
System predicts HIV patients at risk of dropping out of care.
problem High non-adherence and dropout rates among HIV patients.
method Predictive machine learning model based on resource constraints, stability, and fairness.
result Model performs 3x better than baseline for clinical use and 2.3x better for city-wide use.
This study examines the presence of the day-of-the-week effect on daily returns of biotechnology stocks over a 16-year period from January 2002 to December 2015. Using daily returns from the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NBI), we find that the stock returns were the lowest on Mondays, and compared to the Mondays the stoc…
Paper tackles activity recognition from body-worn video footage.
problem Classifying frames of body-worn video footage according to the wearer's activity.
method Extract motion features and semi-supervised classification.
result Method achieves comparable results to supervised and deep learning methods using less training data.
Deep learning models accurately recognize and estimate physical activity types and energy expenditure from wrist accelerometer data.
problem Rigorous evaluation of wrist-worn accelerometers for assessing physical activity across the lifespan.
method Built deep learning networks to extract spatial and temporal representations from time-series data, recognizing physical activity types and estimating energy expenditure.
result Deep learning models achieved high performance: F1 scores of 0.82, 0.81, and 95 for sedentary, locomotor, and lifestyle activities, respectively; root mean square error of 1.1 for EE estimation.
HHAR-net uses neural networks to recognize human activities at different levels of abstraction.
problem Recognizing different layers of human activities concealed in behavior.
method Hierarchical classification with Neural Networks.
result 95.8% accuracy for low-level activities and 92.8% overall accuracy.
Human activity recognition plays an important role in people's daily life. However, it is often expensive and time-consuming to acquire sufficient labeled activity data. To solve this problem, transfer learning leverages the labeled samples from the source domain to annotate the target domain which has few or none labe…