Cluster-based Approach to Improve Affect Recognition from Passively Sensed Data

01/31/2018
by   Mawulolo K. Ameko, et al.
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Negative affect is a proxy for mental health in adults. By being able to predict participants' negative affect states unobtrusively, researchers and clinicians will be better positioned to deliver targeted, just-in-time mental health interventions via mobile applications. This work attempts to personalize the passive recognition of negative affect states via group-based modeling of user behavior patterns captured from mobility, communication, and activity patterns. Results show that group models outperform generalized models in a dataset based on two weeks of users' daily lives.

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