research article
Opportunistic Sampling for Joint Population Size and Density Estimation
Consider a set of probes, called “agents”, who sample, based on opportunistic contacts, a population moving between a set of discrete locations. An example of such agents are Bluetooth probes that sample the visible Bluetooth devices in a population. Based on the obtained measurements, we construct a parametric statistical model to jointly estimate the total population size (e.g., the number of visible Bluetooth devices) and their spatial density. We evaluate the performance of our estimators by using Bluetooth traces obtained during an open-air event and Wi-Fi traces obtained on a university campus.
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000364856900010
Date Issued
2015
Published in
Volume
14
Issue
12
Start page
2530
End page
2543
Editorial or Peer reviewed
NON-REVIEWED
Written at
EPFL
Available on Infoscience
July 24, 2013
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