Title :
Estimating Social Graphs in an Education Environment: Using Mobile Communication Devices
Author :
Banford, Jamie ; Irvine, James
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
fDate :
3/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Mobile communication devices are now truly ubiquitous and as such they are the ideal tool for research in human social relationships. Using only smartphones with customized operating systems and with no prior knowledge about the participants, we show that it is possible to accurately infer the existence of social ties between mobile phones users in a U.K. high school.
Keywords :
mobile communication; mobile handsets; operating systems (computers); social networking (online); ubiquitous computing; U.K. high school; customized operating system; education environment; human social relationships; mobile communication device; mobile phone; smart phone; social graphs; ubiquitous device; Data mining; Engineering education; Graphical models; Mobile handsets; Operating systems; Social network services;
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MVT.2011.2179346
