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ArticleOnline journal of public health informatics2020

Generation and Classification of Activity Sequences for Spatiotemporal Modeling of Human Populations.

Albert M Lund, Ramkiran Gouripeddi, Julio C Facelli

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  3. Human activity pattern implications for modeling SARS-CoV-2 transmission.Computer methods and programs in biomedicine · 2021
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3 authors.

Albert M Lund
Ramkiran Gouripeddi
Julio C Facelli

Funding

Utah Center for Clinical and Translational ScienceUL1TR002538 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF UTAH · PI HESS, RACHEL, MAJERSIK, JENNIFER JUHL · 2018 to 2022
$26.0M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002538
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human activity encompasses a series of complex spatiotemporal processes that are difficult to model but represent an essential component of human exposure assessment. A significant empirical data source, like the American Time Use Survey (ATUS), can be leveraged to model human activity. However, tractable models require a better stratification of activity data to inform about different, but classifiable groups of individuals, that exhibit similar activity sequences and mobility patterns. Using machine learning algorithms, we developed an unsupervised classification and sequence generation method that is capable of generating coherent and stochastic sequences of activity from the ATUS data. This classification, when combined with any spatiotemporal exposure profile, allows the development of stochastic models of exposure patterns and records for groups of individuals exhibiting similar activity behaviors.

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American Time Use SurveyExposure ModelingMachine LearningRandom Forests, Classification

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PMID32908643
PMCPMC7462521

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