Study shows mobile money adoption varies by social groups in Pakistan.
problem Mobile money adoption patterns in Pakistan.
method Analysis of call detail records from a major telecom company.
result User mobility features are crucial for mobile money adoption.
Study uses mobile phone data to map Chagas disease risk zones.
problem Identifying geographical spread of Chagas disease.
method Analyzing geolocalized call records and public health information.
result Generated risk maps for public health campaigns.
Study segments French territories based on mobile call patterns.
problem Characterize inhabitant behavior in mobile telephony.
method Two-stage analysis: spatial clustering and temporal discretization.
result Identifies distinct areas with similar call patterns over time.
Introduces mobility algebra for modeling geodesics on n-spheres.
problem Modeling geodesics on n-spheres using algebraic structures.
method Introduces mobility algebra and mobility spaces, showing connections to modules and affine spaces.
result Shows geodesics on n-spheres as mobility spaces over unit interval mobility algebra.
Mobile SoCs can improve ML inference by 2x when all components are used concurrently.
problem Power-performance trade-offs in mobile ML inference on heterogeneous SoCs.
method Quantitative evaluation of different ML components on mobile SoCs.
result Mobile SoCs can achieve up to 2x improvement in inference performance by using all components concurrently.
Two pseudo-Riemannian metrics are called projectively equivalent if their unparametrized geodesics coincide. The degree of mobility of a metric is the dimension of the space of metrics that are projectively equivalent to it. We give a complete list of possible values for the degree of mobility of Riemannian and Lorentz…
Proposes E-MIIM for better mobile phone interruptions management.
problem Improper phone interruptions in daily life activities.
method Ensemble learning based on context-aware mobile telephony model.
result E-MIIM outperforms existing MIIM models in prediction accuracy.
TraLFM models human mobility patterns from traffic trajectories.
problem Understanding human mobility patterns from traffic data.
method Latent factor modeling of sequential, personal, and temporal factors.
result TraLFM significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in latent factor analysis and next location prediction.
New models predict mobility flows as well as complex machine learning but are simpler and interpretable.
problem Incomplete understanding and modeling of human mobility flows.
method Developed simple machine-learned, closed-form models of mobility.
result These models predict mobility flows more accurately than gravity or complex machine/deep learning models.
Mobile phone data predicts users' income levels.
problem Predicting users' income levels from mobile phone data.
method Comparison of feature extraction methods and machine learning techniques.
result Bayesian method based on the communication graph outperforms other methods.
Deep-MAPS uses machine learning for mobile air pollution sensing in Beijing.
problem Ubiquitous sensing of urban air quality.
method Machine learning framework (Deep-MAPS) based on mobile and fixed sensors.
result Deep-MAPS achieves high spatial-temporal resolution (1km-by-1km and 1 hour) with over 85% accuracy.
Paper presents a robust model to improve prediction accuracy for real-life mobile phone data.
problem Noisy instances in real-life mobile phone data affect model accuracy.
method Identify and eliminate noisy instances using naive Bayes and Laplace estimators, then build a decision tree model.
result The robust model improves prediction accuracy as shown by experimental results.
Mobile phone data predicts loan repayment risk.
problem Lack of formal financial histories hinders credit extension.
method Behavioral signatures in mobile phone usage data.
result Mobile phone data outperforms traditional credit scoring methods.
DETECT clusters mobility behaviors from trajectories using deep learning.
problem Clustering similar mobility behaviors in large, complex trajectory data.
method DETECT uses deep learning to cluster mobility behaviors from trajectories, transforming and summarizing them to identify similar behaviors.
result DETECT effectively clusters mobility behaviors from real-world datasets.
OTT services are replacing traditional telecom services, affecting revenue streams.
problem OTT services are reducing traditional telecom revenue streams.
method Quantitative analysis of mobile user trends and revenue changes.
result OTT services are becoming more prevalent and impacting telecom revenue.
The study compares prepaid and postpaid mobile phone users and predicts their subscription type.
problem Predicting mobile phone subscription type based on usage and network connections.
method Graph labelling approach using max-flow min-cut algorithms and indirect inference methods.
result Graph labelling approach achieves 87% classification accuracy, outperforming supervised learning methods.
SilentPhone identifies opportune times to silence phones to reduce interruptions.
problem Inappropriate phone notifications cause interruptions for users and others.
method Data-driven approach using past phone log data to infer unavailability.
result Identifies opportune moments for call interruptions and generates silent mode rules.
Paper analyzes privacy-aware mobility behavior using entropy metrics.
problem Intrusive user location tracking makes it easy to identify users.
method Proposes spatio-temporal entropy to quantify mobility, uses GAMs to study effects of variables.
result Global GAM provides more accurate predictions of spatio-temporal entropy.
ARDEN improves deep learning performance on mobile devices by protecting privacy in the cloud.
problem Balancing privacy and performance in mobile deep learning with limited device capacity.
method ARDEN partitions DNN across mobile devices and cloud, using data transformation and noise addition for privacy, and noisy training for robustness.
result ARDEN enhances inference performance on cloud while maintaining strong privacy.
This research detects anomalies and predicts traffic using CDR data.
problem Detecting and predicting anomalies in mobile network traffic.
method Utilized CDR data, k-means clustering for anomaly detection, neural network for anomaly-free data, and ARIMA for traffic prediction.
result Anomaly-free data leads to better model generalization and prediction performance.
Predicts user next location using CDR data.
problem Predicting user's next location using CDR data.
method Data processing framework with deep neural network model.
result Error of prediction decreased from 74% to 55%.
RONA compresses complex models while ensuring privacy.
problem Deploying complex deep neural networks on mobile devices poses privacy risks and computational constraints.
method RONA uses knowledge distillation, hint learning, and self learning to train a compact neural network with differential privacy guarantees.
result RONA achieves 20x compression and 19x speed-up with 0.97% accuracy loss on SVHN while maintaining strong privacy.
MPE models traffic trajectory data to predict next locations.
problem Predicting next locations from traffic trajectory data.
method Mobility pattern embedding model MPE.
result MPE significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods in next location prediction.
Study examines ridesourcing patterns in Chicago using K-prototypes segmentation.
problem Limited data on ridesourcing trips hinders research on urban mobility.
method Utilized K-prototypes algorithm for mixed data types segmentation.
result Six ridesourcing user segments identified based on various factors.
HRL4IN tackles interactive navigation tasks with mobile manipulators, improving efficiency and performance.
problem Interactive Navigation tasks require mobile manipulators to perform various actions, but choosing the right part of the embodiment is inefficient.
method HRL4IN uses a hierarchical reinforcement learning architecture to handle heterogeneous phases of navigation and manipulation, selecting the appropriate part of the embodiment for each phase.
result HRL4IN significantly outperforms flat PPO and HAC in terms of task performance and energy efficiency.
Survey of mobility studies using mobile phone data.
problem Understanding human mobility patterns.
method Data Science techniques applied to mobile phone datasets.
result Applications in urban planning, data traffic prediction, etc.
Predicts gender and age from mobile phone data for marketing.
problem Enhance marketing offers by predicting customer demographics.
method Machine learning algorithms applied to CDRs, CRM, and billing info.
result 85.6% accuracy in gender prediction, 65.5% in age prediction.
FastDeepIoT optimizes neural network execution time on mobile devices.
problem Excessive neural network execution time on low-end devices.
method Automatically learns execution time model and optimizes network configurations.
result Significant reduction in execution time and energy consumption.
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.
Mobile sensing is an emerging technology that utilizes agent-participatory data for decision making or state estimation, including multimedia applications. This article investigates the structure of mobile sensing schemes and introduces crowdsourcing methods for mobile sensing. Inspired by social network, one can estab…
This paper categorizes and analyzes mobile big data from wireless networks.
problem Understanding social characteristics of mobile big data.
method Categorization and analysis of real wireless cellular network data.
result Highlight several research directions in social computing for mobile big data.
Meta-learning method for estimating time-varying mHealth intervention effects.
problem Complex mHealth data and uncertain randomization probabilities.
method DR-WCLS meta-learning procedure for causal excursion effects.
result More efficient and consistent estimates of causal excursion effects.
Algorithm predicts human mobility using a large ensemble of expert models.
problem Short-term prediction of human mobility patterns.
method Exponential Weights algorithm with a large ensemble of expert models trained on mobile phone data.
result Average prediction accuracy is significantly higher than individual models.
The paper presents a probabilistic method to discover daily human mobility patterns from mobile data.
problem Discovering daily human mobility patterns from mobile data.
method A non-parameter Bayesian modeling method, Infinite Gaussian Mixture Model, combined with Kullback-Leibler divergence for automatic clustering.
result The IGMM-based algorithm outperforms the GMM-based algorithm in discovering mobility patterns.
Unified model of urban consumer behavior and mobility patterns.
problem Understanding the lifestyles and infrastructure of urban regions.
method Collective matrix factorization for dual view modeling of consumer behavior and mobility.
result Unified model reveals deeper insights into consumer behavior and mobility patterns.
FLAME auto-labels mobile data efficiently on diverse processors.
problem Accurately and efficiently labeling mobile data with unknown labels on heterogeneous processors.
method Self-adaptive auto-labeling system Flame that schedules and executes workloads on mobile processors.
result Flame achieves high labeling accuracy and performance on heterogeneous mobile processors.
Survey of knowledge distillation for resource-limited devices.
problem Deploying large deep learning models on resource-limited devices.
method Knowledge distillation using a smaller model trained with information from a larger model.
result A new metric (distillation metric) for comparing different knowledge distillation algorithms.
Graphs model human mobility patterns, reducing errors in data matching.
problem Lack of high-quality data and computational resources for graph-based mobility analysis.
method Embedding graphs into a continuous space to address matching, modeling, and visualization challenges.
result Approx 40% decrease in error on average in matched graphs vs unmatched ones.
Model predicts urban population using mobile data traffic.
problem Estimating urban population dynamics from mobile data.
method Data-driven approach combining NetMob 2023 and ENACT datasets.
result NetMob 2023 data can estimate urban population with XGBoost models.
Deep learning predicts availability of mobile crowdsourced services spatially and temporally.
problem Predicting the availability of mobile crowdsourced services in space and time.
method Two-stage prediction model: clustering services into regions, then forecasting availability duration using time series.
result Effectiveness validated through multiple experiments.
Improved Naive Bayes for better phone call behavior classification.
problem Noise in mobile phone data affects phone call behavior classification accuracy.
method Improved naive Bayes classifier with behavioral pattern analysis and dynamic noise threshold.
result Our technique improves classification accuracy by 15%.
In this paper, we investigate the economic mobility in some money transfer models which have been applied into the research on wealth distribution. We demonstrate the mobility by recording the time series of agents' ranks and observing their volatility. We also compare the mobility quantitatively by employing an index,…
The paper optimizes neural network inference on mobile GPUs.
problem Limited computing power and thermal constraints on mobile CPUs.
method Leverage mobile GPUs for neural network inference.
result Real-time inference of deep neural networks on Android and iOS devices.
MobILE learns from expert demonstrations without access to actions, achieving strong performance guarantees.
problem Imitation Learning from Observations alone (ILFO) where actions are not observed.
method MobILE integrates optimism in the face of uncertainty into distribution matching IL framework, trading off exploration and imitation.
result MobILE provides strong performance guarantees for certain MDP dynamics and demonstrates efficacy on OpenAI Gym tasks.
This paper analyzes mobile device training of deep learning models.
problem Performance characterization of training deep learning models on mobile devices.
method Experiments on NVIDIA TX2, benchmark suite, and tools for performance analysis.
result Interesting performance problems and opportunities revealed.
Efficient quantization scheme for neural networks using integer arithmetic.
problem Efficient inference on mobile devices with limited computational resources.
method Quantization and co-design training procedure for integer-only inference.
result Improves accuracy-latency tradeoff on various models and hardware.
The paper explores machine learning in mobile big data analysis.
problem Challenges in mobile big data analysis.
method Discussion and review of existing methods.
result Identification of main challenges and future directions.
Study predicts traffic congestion based on population mobility data.
problem Predicting traffic congestion in multimodal transport networks.
method Machine learning methods applied to population mobility data.
result Likely prediction of congestion based on population movements.