A personal visual analytics on smartphone usage data. (August 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fan, Xiaoping; Peng, Yanni; Zhao, Ying; Li, Yong; Meng, Dan; Zhong, Zengsheng; Zhou, Fangfang; Lu, Mingming
• Is Part Of: Journal of visual languages & computing. Volume 41(2017)
• Page Start: 111
• Page End: 120
• Publication Date: 2017-08
• Subjects: Personal visualization -- Personal visual analytics -- Individual behaviors -- Smartphone usage data; Visual programming languages (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Visual programming (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics -- Periodicals; Langages de programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Programmation visuelle -- Périodiques; Langages de programmation -- Sémantique -- Périodiques; Programming languages (Electronic computers) -- Semantics; Visual programming (Computer science); Visual programming languages (Computer science); Periodicals; Electronic journals; 005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvlc.2017.03.006
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1045-926X

Abstract

Abstract: The percentage of individuals frequently using their smartphones in work and life is increasing steadily. The interactions between individuals and their smartphones can produce large amounts of usage data, which contain rich information about smartphone owners' usage habits and their daily life. In this paper, a personal visual analytic tool is proposed to develop insights and discover knowledge of personal life in smartphone usage data. Four cooperated visualization views and many interactions are provided in this tool to visually explore the temporal features of various interactive events between smartphones and their users, the hierarchical associations among event types, and the detailed distributions of massive event sequences. In the case study, plenty of interesting patterns are discovered by analyzing the data of two smartphone users with different usage styles. We also conduct a one-month user study on several invited volunteers from our laboratory and acquaintance circle to improve our prototype system based on their feedback.