Need accurate user behaviour? Pay attention to groups

• Main Authors: JAYARAJAH, K., LEE, Y., MISRA, Archan, BALAN, R.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2015
• Subjects: App usage; Groups; Interruptibility; Location; User behaviour; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/6915
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we show that characterizing user behaviour from location or smartphone usage traces, without accounting for the interaction of individuals in physical-world groups, can lead to erroneous results. We conducted one of the largest studies in the UbiComp domain thus far, involving indoor...