reality mining

noun

Etymology

Coined by Alex Pentland and Nathan Eagle, after data mining, etc.

Definitions

  1. The collection and analysis of machine-sensed environmental data pertaining to human…

    The collection and analysis of machine-sensed environmental data pertaining to human social behavior, with the goal of identifying predictable patterns of behavior.

    • Practitioners of Reality Mining soon discover the multitudes of analytic techniques suitable for their data sets.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for reality mining. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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