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We study the density estimation problem with observations generated by certain dynamical systems that admit a unique underlying invariant Lebesgue density. Observations drawn from dynamical systems are not independent and moreover, usual…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2016-07-14 Hanyuan Hang , Ingo Steinwart , Yunlong Feng , Johan A. K. Suykens

We present a new measure, CMetric, to classify driver behaviors using centrality functions. Our formulation combines concepts from computational graph theory and social traffic psychology to quantify and classify the behavior of human…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Rohan Chandra , Uttaran Bhattacharya , Trisha Mittal , Aniket Bera , Dinesh Manocha

Interactions among individuals from the same-species of wild animals are an important component of population dynamics. An interaction can be either static (based on overlap of space use) or dynamic (based on movement). The goal of this…

Applications · Statistics 2025-02-05 Fekadu L. Bayisa , Christopher L. Seals , Hannah J. Leeper , Todd D. Steury , Elvan Ceyhan

Effective climate mitigation strategies in cities rely on understanding and mapping urban carbon footprints. One significant source of carbon is a product of lifestyle choices and travel behaviors of urban residents. Although previous…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-09-15 Akhil Anil Rajput , Yuqin Jiang , Sanjay Nayak , Ali Mostafavi

Accelerometers are widely used to measure physical activity behaviour, including in children. The traditional method for processing acceleration data uses cut points to define physical activity intensity, relying on calibration studies that…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2022-02-22 Christopher B Thornton , Niina Kolehmainen , Kianoush Nazarpour

In this paper, we present work in progress on activity recognition and prediction in real homes using either binary sensor data or depth video data. We present our field trial and set-up for collecting and storing the data, our methods, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Flavia Dias Casagrande , Evi Zouganeli

Physical activity is crucial for human health. With the increasing availability of large-scale mobile health data, strong associations have been found between physical activity and various diseases. However, accurately capturing this…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-01-19 Xiaojing Sun , Bingxin Zhao , Fei Xue

Smartphones enable understanding human behavior with activity recognition to support people's daily lives. Prior studies focused on using inertial sensors to detect simple activities (sitting, walking, running, etc.) and were mostly…

In this paper, we present an activity-based model for the Greater Melbourne area, using a combination of hierarchical clustering, probabilistic, and gravity-based approaches. The model outlines steps for generating a synthetic population-a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-11 Alan Both , Dhirendra Singh , Afshin Jafari , Billie Giles-Corti , Lucy Gunn

A continuous monitoring of the physical strength and mobility of elderly people is important for maintaining their health and treating diseases at an early stage. However, frequent screenings by physicians are exceeding the logistic…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Björn Friedrich , Enno-Edzard Steen , Sebastian Fudickar , Andreas Hein

This study presents an initial framework for distinguishing group and single pedestrians based on real-world trajectory data, with the aim of analyzing their differences in space utilization and emergent behavioral patterns. By segmenting…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Amartaivan Sanjjamts , Morita Hiroshi

The majority of Americans fail to achieve recommended levels of physical activity, which leads to numerous preventable health problems such as diabetes, hypertension, and heart diseases. This has generated substantial interest in monitoring…

Social, also called human-aware, navigation is a key challenge for the integration of mobile robots into human environments. The evaluation of such systems is complex, as factors such as comfort, safety, and legibility must be considered.…

We present a unified framework for understanding human social behaviors in raw image sequences. Our model jointly detects multiple individuals, infers their social actions, and estimates the collective actions with a single feed-forward…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-11-29 Timur Bagautdinov , Alexandre Alahi , François Fleuret , Pascal Fua , Silvio Savarese

This paper reports on a data-driven, interaction-aware motion prediction approach for pedestrians in environments cluttered with static obstacles. When navigating in such workspaces shared with humans, robots need accurate motion…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Mark Pfeiffer , Giuseppe Paolo , Hannes Sommer , Juan Nieto , Roland Siegwart , Cesar Cadena

This work presents, the classification of user activities such as Rest, Walk and Run, on the basis of frequency component present in the acceleration data in a wireless sensor network environment. As the frequencies of the above mentioned…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2011-07-25 Annapurna Sharma , Amit Purwar , Young-Dong Lee Young-Sook Lee Wan-Young Chung

In the era of big data, the ubiquity of location-aware portable devices provides an unprecedented opportunity to understand inhabitants' behavior and their interactions with the built environments. Among the widely used data resources,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-06-07 Le Huang , Fan Xia , Hui Chen , Bowen Hu , Xiao Zhou , Chunxiao Li , Yaohui Jin , Yanyan Xu

Human movement analysis is a key area of research in robotics, biomechanics, and data science. It encompasses tracking, posture estimation, and movement synthesis. While numerous methodologies have evolved over time, a systematic and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Brenda Elizabeth Olivas-Padilla , Alina Glushkova , Sotiris Manitsaris

This paper develops a macroscopic, activity-based model of urban active mobility using nonintrusive sensor data. It introduces attendance functions to describe spatio-temporal travel patterns between activities and formulates the…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-14 Romain Azaïs , Adrien Marion , Florian Patout

The problem of human activity recognition is central for understanding and predicting the human behavior, in particular in a prospective of assistive services to humans, such as health monitoring, well being, security, etc. There is…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2013-12-30 Faicel Chamroukhi , Samer Mohammed , Dorra Trabelsi , Latifa Oukhellou , Yacine Amirat