Machine learning methods for classifying human physical activity from on-body accelerometers

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1154-1175

  Mannini, Andrea ^a   Sabatini, Angelo Maria ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometers; Hidden Markov models; Human physical activity; Machine learning; Motion analysis; Statistical pattern recognition; Wearable sensors

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS (HMMS); MACHINE LEARNING METHODS; MOTION ANALYSIS; PERVASIVE COMPUTING SYSTEMS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; STATISTICAL PATTERN RECOGNITION; WEARABLE SENSORS;

ACCELEROMETERS; HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SENSORS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; PROBABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 77950247206     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s100201154     Document Type: Article

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