Activity Learning: Discovering, Recognizing, and Predicting Human Behavior from Sensor Data

Defines the notion of an activity model learned from sensor data and presents key algorithms that form the core of the field

Activity Learning: Discovering, Recognizing and Predicting Human Behavior from Sensor Data provides an in-depth look at computational approaches to activity learning from sensor data. Each chapter is constructed to provide practical, step-by-step information on how to analyze and process sensor data. The book discusses techniques for activity learning that include the following:

• Discovering activity patterns that emerge from behavior-based sensor data
• Recognizing occurrences of predefined or discovered activities in real time
• Predicting the occurrences of activities

The techniques covered can be applied to numerous fields, including security, telecommunications, healthcare, smart grids, and home automation. An online companion site enables readers to experiment with the techniques described in the book, and to adapt or enhance the techniques for their own use.

With an emphasis on computational approaches, Activity Learning: Discovering, Recognizing, and Predicting Human Behavior from Sensor Data provides graduate students and researchers with an algorithmic perspective to activity learning.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Activities
Chapter 3 Sensing
Chapter 4 Machine Learning
Chapter 5 Activity Recognition
Chapter 6 Activity Discovery
Chapter 7 Activity Prediction
Chapter 8 Activity Learning in the Wild
Chapter 9 Applications of Activity Learning
Chapter 10 The Future of Activity Learning
Appendix: Sample Activity Data