A habit discovery algorithm for mining temporal recurrence patterns in metered consumption data

Abstract

Habits are regular and recurrent activities that are important for understanding human behaviour. This paper addresses the questions: How can habits be identified automatically in smart meter data? and Are habits important for understanding metered water use? A new model is proposed that defines habits in terms of their persistence, distinctiveness, cohesion, and the strength of the recurrence pattern. A practical habit discovery algorithm (HDA) is introduced for mining habits from smart meter data. Using two real-world case studies, HDA is shown to be well suited to this data mining task, in terms of the types of patterns discovered, informativeness, flexibility, reasonable run time and its practical applications.

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