scholarly journals Learning socio-organizational network structure in buildings with ambient sensing data

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Sonta ◽  
Rishee K. Jain

Abstract We develop a model that successfully learns social and organizational human network structure using ambient sensing data from distributed plug load energy sensors in commercial buildings. A key goal for the design and operation of commercial buildings is to support the success of organizations within them. In modern workspaces, a particularly important goal is collaboration, which relies on physical interactions among individuals. Learning the true socio-organizational relational ties among workers can therefore help managers of buildings and organizations make decisions that improve collaboration. In this paper, we introduce the Interaction Model, a method for inferring human network structure that leverages data from distributed plug load energy sensors. In a case study, we benchmark our method against network data obtained through a survey and compare its performance to other data-driven tools. We find that unlike previous methods, our method infers a network that is correlated with the survey network to a statistically significant degree (graph correlation of 0.46, significant at the 0.01 confidence level). We additionally find that our method requires only 10 weeks of sensing data, enabling dynamic network measurement. Learning human network structure through data-driven means can enable the design and operation of spaces that encourage, rather than inhibit, the success of organizations.




SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402092059 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keith John Lay ◽  
Mehmet Ali Yavuz

This study investigates the effect of grammar-focused hands-on in-class data-driven learning (DDL) with a heavily contextualized corpus on the frequency of written errors attributable to common interlingual interference issues in low–intermediate Turkish learners ( n = 30) of English. Items representing the most common Turkish-to-English interlingual errors were selected through a two-step process involving the analysis of past studies and a subsequent ranking survey of teachers ( n = 10) of Turkish learners of English. Participants’ grammar development in terms of types of written errors was measured over a ten-week period through written tasks in a pre/posttest design, producing 19,328 words for analysis. The results, although variable by item, suggest that targeted DDL with the TED Corpus Search Engine (TCSE) helps reduce written errors in Turkish learners of English to a significant degree with a moderate effect size. Consequently, the investigation of DDL with the TCSE for the targeting of interlingual interference in other first-language contexts is recommended.



2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 574-595
Author(s):  
Ravi Goyal ◽  
Victor De Gruttola

AbstractWe present a statistical framework for generating predicted dynamic networks based on the observed evolution of social relationships in a population. The framework includes a novel and flexible procedure to sample dynamic networks given a probability distribution on evolving network properties; it permits the use of a broad class of approaches to model trends, seasonal variability, uncertainty, and changes in population composition. Current methods do not account for the variability in the observed historical networks when predicting the network structure; the proposed method provides a principled approach to incorporate uncertainty in prediction. This advance aids in the designing of network-based interventions, as development of such interventions often requires prediction of the network structure in the presence and absence of the intervention. Two simulation studies are conducted to demonstrate the usefulness of generating predicted networks when designing network-based interventions. The framework is also illustrated by investigating results of potential interventions on bill passage rates using a dynamic network that represents the sponsor/co-sponsor relationships among senators derived from bills introduced in the U.S. Senate from 2003 to 2016.



BMC Genomics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (S13) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiang Chen ◽  
Min Li ◽  
Ruiqing Zheng ◽  
Fang-Xiang Wu ◽  
Jianxin Wang

Abstract Background To infer gene regulatory networks (GRNs) from gene-expression data is still a fundamental and challenging problem in systems biology. Several existing algorithms formulate GRNs inference as a regression problem and obtain the network with an ensemble strategy. Recent studies on data driven dynamic network construction provide us a new perspective to solve the regression problem. Results In this study, we propose a data driven dynamic network construction method to infer gene regulatory network (D3GRN), which transforms the regulatory relationship of each target gene into functional decomposition problem and solves each sub problem by using the Algorithm for Revealing Network Interactions (ARNI). To remedy the limitation of ARNI in constructing networks solely from the unit level, a bootstrapping and area based scoring method is taken to infer the final network. On DREAM4 and DREAM5 benchmark datasets, D3GRN performs competitively with the state-of-the-art algorithms in terms of AUPR. Conclusions We have proposed a novel data driven dynamic network construction method by combining ARNI with bootstrapping and area based scoring strategy. The proposed method performs well on the benchmark datasets, contributing as a competitive method to infer gene regulatory networks in a new perspective.



1990 ◽  
Vol 52 ◽  
pp. 115-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Pahl-Wostl


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