Date of Award
2018
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Computer Science
Abstract
Pinky Sindhu
Loyola University Chicago
TODDLER ACTIVITY RECOGNITION USING MACHINE LEARNING
Toddlers behave differently than adults, to say the least. It is valuable to accurately measure the specific types of physical activity (PA) in toddlers; such information can be analyzed to predict future health prospects in relation to conditions like obesity.
We attached ActiGraph accelerometers to the wrist and waist of toddlers and recorded PAs. Toddlers were videotaped, and their movements were annotated as 20 specific activities. These activities were classified into 3 summary activity intensities including sedentary, light intensity PA (LPA), and moderate to vigorous intensity PA (MVPA).
Automated activity recognition proceeded through a series of machine learning signal processing stages. To train the activity classifier 81 signal processing features were extracted from every two second clips of sensor data. When training on 20 activities, the overall accuracy was 63.8%. When the activities were grouped into 3 intensity levels, the highest accuracy was 73.6%, also using the Random Forest classifier.
Recommended Citation
Sindhu, Pinky, "Toddler Activity Recognition Using Machine Learning" (2018). Master's Theses. 3755.
https://ecommons.luc.edu/luc_theses/3755
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