Ye Xu
ABSTRACT
Reliable smartphone app prediction can strongly benefit both users and phone system performance alike. However, real-world smartphone app usage behavior is a complex phenomena driven by a number of competing factors. In this pa- per, we develop an app usage prediction model that leverages three key everyday factors that affect app usage decisions -- (1) intrinsic user app preferences and user historical patterns; (2) user activities and the environment as observed through sensor-based contextual signals; and, (3) the shared aggregate patterns of app behavior that appear in various user communities. While rapid progress has been made recently in smartphone app prediction, existing prediction models tend to focus on only one of these factors. We evaluate a multi-faceted approach to prediction using (1) a 3-week 35-user field trial, along with (2) analysis of app usage logs of 4,606 smartphone users worldwide. We find our app usage model can not only produce more robust app predictions than conventional techniques, but it can also enable significant smartphone system optimizations.
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- Preference, context and communities: a multi-faceted approach to predicting smartphone app usage patterns
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