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Table 1 Summary of AI methods integrated into the time-activity model

From: Automated classification of time-activity-location patterns for improved estimation of personal exposure to air pollution

AI method

R implementation

Outputs

Home-range method that combines geometric and probabilistic estimators

Time Local Convex Hull (T-LoCoH) [34]

Polygon (hull) geometry gives information on directional movement vs. static clusters (Step 2). Visitation rate and duration of visit enable classifications based on behavioural patterns of the individual (Step 3).

Trajectory analysis

Adehabitat LT [37]

Segmentation of movement with the Lavielle method [57]

Predictor selection for Random Forest (RF) classification with three-step elimination process based on data-driven thresholds for high dimensional datasets

VSURF [38]

Predictor variables for RF models collected with the PAM (movement, noise, GPS information) and baseline questionnaire (common modes of transport), and extracted from spatial analysis

RF classification of the mode of transport with the 10-fold evaluation method

RandomForest [65]

Probabilistic classification for each mode of transport