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Bayesian modelling of community-based multidimensional trust in participatory sensing under data sparsity

Bayesian modelling of community-based multidimensional trust in participatory sensing under data sparsity
Bayesian modelling of community-based multidimensional trust in participatory sensing under data sparsity
We propose a new Bayesian model for reliable aggregation of crowdsourced estimates of real-valued quantities in participatory sensing applications. Existing approaches focus on probabilistic modelling of user’s reliability as the key to accurate aggregation. However, these are either limited to estimating discrete quantities, or require a significant number of reports from each user to accurately model their reliability. To mitigate these issues, we adopt a community-based approach, which reduces the data required to reliably aggregate real-valued estimates, by leveraging correlations between the re- porting behaviour of users belonging to different communities. As a result, our method is up to 16.6% more accurate than existing state-of-the-art methods and is up to 49% more effective under data sparsity when used to estimate Wi-Fi hotspot locations in a real-world crowdsourcing application.
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Venanzi, Matteo
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Venanzi, Matteo, Teacy, W.T.L., Rogers, Alex and Jennings, Nicholas R. (2015) Bayesian modelling of community-based multidimensional trust in participatory sensing under data sparsity. International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-15), Buenos Aires, Argentina. 25 - 31 Jul 2015. pp. 717-724 .

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We propose a new Bayesian model for reliable aggregation of crowdsourced estimates of real-valued quantities in participatory sensing applications. Existing approaches focus on probabilistic modelling of user’s reliability as the key to accurate aggregation. However, these are either limited to estimating discrete quantities, or require a significant number of reports from each user to accurately model their reliability. To mitigate these issues, we adopt a community-based approach, which reduces the data required to reliably aggregate real-valued estimates, by leveraging correlations between the re- porting behaviour of users belonging to different communities. As a result, our method is up to 16.6% more accurate than existing state-of-the-art methods and is up to 49% more effective under data sparsity when used to estimate Wi-Fi hotspot locations in a real-world crowdsourcing application.

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Published date: July 2015
Venue - Dates: International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-15), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2015-07-25 - 2015-07-31
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 376365
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/376365
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Date deposited: 18 Apr 2015 09:17
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 19:40

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Author: Matteo Venanzi
Author: W.T.L. Teacy
Author: Alex Rogers
Author: Nicholas R. Jennings

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