Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub

Still Star-Crossed by Melinda Taub

This SpringerBrief presents a typical life-cycle of mobile data mining applications, including:

• data capturing and processing which determines what data to collect, how to collect these data, and how to reduce the noise in the data based on smartphone sensors
  
• feature engineering which extracts and selects features to serve as the input of algorithms based on the collected and processed data
  
• model and algorithm design

In particular, this brief concentrates on the model and algorithm design aspect, and explains three challenging requirements of mobile data mining applications: energy-saving, personalization, and real-time

Energy saving is a fundamental requirement of mobile applications, due to the limited battery capacity of smartphones. The authors explore the existing practices in the methodology level (e.g. by designing hierarchical models) for saving energy. Another fundamental requirement of mobile applications is personalization. Most of the existing methods tend to train generic models for all users, but the authors provide existing personalized treatments for mobile applications, as the behaviors may differ greatly from one user to another in many mobile applications. The third requirement is real-time. That is, the mobile application should return responses in a real-time manner, meanwhile balancing effectiveness and efficiency.

This SpringerBrief targets data mining and machine learning researchers and practitioners working in these related fields. Advanced level students studying computer science and electrical engineering will also find this brief useful as a study guide.

MELINDA TAUB teaches writing and writes comedy for the Upright Citizens Brigade stage and website as well as for a variety of other outlets, includingThe Onionand FUSE TV. She lives in New York City.

From the Hardcover edition.

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ISBN 13	9780385743501
ISBN 10	0385743505
Title	Still Star-Crossed
Author	Melinda Taub
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Delacorte Press
Year published	2013-07-09
Number of pages	342
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.