Habitualisation: localisation without location data

Abstract

This paper looks at identifying the locations of users from the Nokia MDC dataset throughout the day without taking into consideration location based data. By looking at a users habits and idiosyncrasies we determined the likelihood of a users location within known stay regions which we call habitats. The features used to determine location were extracted from a users interaction with the smart phone. None of the features contained a users locations or a users proximity to objects with known locations. Using a set of structured output support vector learning techniques we found that a users location with respect to the areas of typical activities is well predictable solely from daily routines and a smart phone usage habits

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