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  • Computer Science
  • Mobile Computing

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  • Integrating infectious disease modeling with data collection is vital but challenging.
  • Mathematical models require a strong empirical basis to fill data gaps.
  • Personal wireless devices offer a way to connect empirical data with contact network modeling.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and evaluate user-centric proximity estimation using smartphone radio environment monitoring.
  • To define and implement a proximity parameter based on recorded person-radio-environment traces.
  • To bridge the gap between real-world human interactions and infectious disease modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a smartphone application and back-end services for data collection.
  • Implementation of advanced user-centric proximity estimation techniques.
  • Evaluation of proximity estimation accuracy in real-world scenarios.

Main Results:

  • Demonstrated the feasibility of estimating device proximity (near, medium, far) using smartphone data.
  • Achieved reasonable accuracy in proximity estimation in practical case studies.
  • Validated the effectiveness of the developed person-radio-environment trace method.

Conclusions:

  • Smartphone radio environment monitoring provides a viable method for empirical data collection in contact tracing.
  • The developed proximity estimation approach can enhance infectious disease modeling by providing crucial contact data.
  • User-centric data collection via personal wireless devices is a promising avenue for epidemiological research.