Thanks for the great use cases, we'll consider them too, as the first
attempt we are trying to show what we collect in a meaningful way, then one
by one we'll be adding predictions and grouped analytics on top of this.

Regards
Suho

On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Malith Jayasinghe <[email protected]>
wrote:

> + for doing advanced analysis/prediction based on the data is received
> from sensors. Each of these scenarios will require different types of
> analysis and prediction algorithms. It might be a good idea to figure out
> which ones are important and then work in that order.
>
> Note that it is important to have the ability to visualize these
> information in real-time (e.g. energy consumption of devices etc) and being
> able to summarize these information (e.g. total energy consumption of all
> heating devices, all cooling devices etc) in real time and also being able
> to compare different sets of data (e.g. total energy consumption in two
> different days etc) . These type summarizations and comparisons will not
> require advanced analysis.
>
> On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Dilan Udara Ariyaratne <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Geesara,
>>
>> I would rather argue that the level of information that we are going to
>> expose here is too low-level in terms of what an end-user would expect
>> from a so-called "Smart Home Analytics" system.
>>
>> The type of user stories that you have described here only carries a
>> common set of analytics requirements that any sort of analytics system
>> would decide as good-to-have.
>> But, this is not the higher-level need or end goal of a "Smart Home
>> Analytics" system should be.
>>
>> Consider few user-stories as follows.
>>
>> [1] Depending on the continuous data being pumped by a set of motion
>> sensors that a user has placed in various locations in his house and
>>      based on the fact that there is currently no one in the house,
>> consider how cool it could be if we can detect any suspicious activity by
>> the exact location and
>>      alert the user, let's say by SMS and show any necessary information
>> and possible actions to take on a dashboard.
>>
>> [2] Depending on the continuous data being pumped by a set of energy
>> usage meters that a user has placed in all the electric items in his house
>> and
>>      based on the average energy usage patterns in history for the past
>> few months, consider how cool it could be if we can predict how his energy
>> consumption will be
>>      for the next few days in the month, show corresponding information
>> on a dashboard and if it's going to be high and costly, suggest any
>> possible usage plans to minimize it.
>>
>> [3] Depending on the continuous data being pumped by a set of humidity
>> sensors, wind speed meters placed in the garden and based on predicted
>> weather information
>>      for the day received from weather stations, consider how cool it
>> could be if we can predict how much water is needed to be applied for
>> plants in the garden today
>>      and alert the user of corresponding actions and show any necessary
>> information in the form of a dashboard gadget.
>>
>> This is where we should ideally aim when thinking of a sample analytics
>> story for a Smart Home and make sure that we provide the necessary
>> development infrastructure
>> in terms of our middleware stack for any third-party developer to build
>> such similar end-user experiences on top of our platform.
>>
>> We already have the key ingredients in terms of this rich middleware
>> stack that I am talking about.
>> [1] We do have our Connected Device Management Framework and on top of
>> that, our IoTServer building up for registering any type of smart device to
>> the platform and aquire data.
>> [2] We do have our Data Analytics Server, Complex Event Processor and
>> Machine Learner building up together in order to perform any sort of
>> analytics related work.
>> [3] And finally, we do have our Dashboard Server on top all these to
>> govern the visualization aspect of captured information.
>>
>> We just need to find the missing links and connect the dots.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Dilan.
>>
>> *Dilan U. Ariyaratne*
>> Senior Software Engineer
>> WSO2 Inc. <http://wso2.com/>
>> Mobile: +94766405580 <%2B94766405580>
>> lean . enterprise . middleware
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 5:19 PM, Geesara Prathap <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> Since we do have all the basic components which are required to build a
>>> fully fledged real world analytics story with IoT Analytics Framework,
>>> there was a suggestion that we need to build some analytics stories in the
>>> context of IoT Analytics. So along with that, this is one of the examples
>>>  we are going to build.
>>>
>>> In this use case, we are mainly focusing on analyzing sensor data in a
>>> timely manner. So when sensors are publishing data it may be required to do
>>> analytics in real time and do some decision making on a particular event
>>> stream and so on. Then it goes on with batch processing in order to
>>> summarize sensor data for later usage. Once raw data is available we will
>>> be able to do some predefined  machine learning tasks so as to  perform
>>>  some sort of real work scenarios like model learning, anomaly detection
>>> and so on.  So this explains how the high-level architecture of this
>>> project is.
>>>
>>>
>>> [image: homeAutomationSystem.jpg]
>>>
>>> Figure 01: High-level architecture
>>>
>>> In the initial cut, we are to take a wide variety of dataset which
>>> contains several types of sensor data from real sensors. This resource[1]
>>> is provided datasets that have been collected for two successive months. So
>>> it seems to match our requirement as well.
>>>
>>> So these are the selected sample sensor information with some sample
>>> dataset.
>>>
>>>    1.
>>>
>>>    Circuits
>>>
>>> CircuitName,CircuitNumber,TimestampUTC,RealPowerWatts,ApparentPowerVAs
>>>
>>>                          WashingMachine,14,1341047872,1.262,1.963
>>>
>>> FridgeRange,15,1341047872,5.196,8.41
>>>
>>>      2.  Individual energy meters
>>>
>>>
>>>                           
>>> MeterName,TimestampUTC,RealPowerWatts,CircuitNumber
>>>
>>>                           livingroom:subwoofer,1341047975,10,4
>>>
>>> basement:washingmachine,1341048003,0,14
>>>
>>>    3. Dimmable and non-dimmable switches
>>>
>>>                          
>>> SwitchName,TimestampUTC,MaxRealPowerWatts,DimProportion,
>>> CircuitNumber
>>>
>>> kitchen:sink,1341047877,65,0,18
>>>
>>> Kitchenhall:lights1,1341047880,195,0,18
>>>
>>>    4. Voltage and frequency data on both electrical phases
>>>
>>> TimestampUTC,FrequencyHz,VoltageVolts
>>>
>>> 1338887835,59.978,121.832
>>>
>>> 1338887836,59.978,121.832
>>>
>>>    5. Environmental data (indoor and outdoor)
>>>
>>>
>>> TimestampUTC,insideTemp,outsideTemp,insideHumidity,outsideHumidity,windSpeed,windDirectionDegrees,windGust,windGustDirectionDegrees,rainRate,rain,windChill,heatindex
>>>
>>> 1341048000,73.580002 ,59.180004 ,45.0,83.333336  ,0.0 , ,0.0 ,  ,0.0
>>> ,0.0 ,59.180004 ,59.180004
>>>
>>>      6. Door open/close
>>>
>>> DoorSensorName,TimestampUTC,OpenOrClosed
>>>
>>> kitchen:refrigerator,1341054545,1
>>>
>>> kitchen:refrigerator,1341054552,0
>>>
>>>
>>>      7. Motion detector data
>>>
>>> MotionSensorName,TimestampUTC,MotionOrNoMotion
>>>
>>> kitchen:corner,1341056647,0
>>>
>>> livingroom:corner,1341056652,1
>>>
>>>
>>> Requirement Analysis Phase :
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>> [a] Key contextual areas, currently identified as important for showing
>>> analytics related data :
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>> [1] Sensors based on each household view analytics
>>>
>>> [2] Sensors based on each floor view analytics
>>>
>>> [3] Sensors based on custom group view analytics
>>>
>>> [4] Analytics related for individual sensors. This might be varied from
>>> sensor to sensor.
>>>
>>> [b] Dashboard Types, currently on consideration :
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>> - - - -
>>>
>>> Based on the data analyzed and based on users who would interact with a
>>> dashboard, we can define a generic dashboard  which will be filtered based
>>> on users.
>>>
>>> [1] Generic User Dashboard - Dashboard for a user
>>>
>>> view all the sensor details and its current status and group level
>>> analytics in a hierarchical manner.
>>>
>>>
>>> [c] Analyzed user stories:
>>>
>>> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>>>
>>> User Story Relevance - { Role : End User }
>>>
>>> User Story 1 (with 1st highest prominence) :
>>>
>>> A user should be able to see sensor counts which belong to the given
>>> system appropriate graph views with respect to following states of
>>> connectivity.
>>>
>>> [1] Active - Meaning a sensor has been able to communicate with the
>>> server at least once within a specified threshold of time
>>>
>>> [2] Inactive - Meaning a sensor has not been able to communicate with
>>> the device at least once within the specified threshold of time
>>>
>>> [3] Blocked - Meaning the communication in between a sensor and the
>>> device has been blocked due to either being inactive for a long period of
>>> time
>>>
>>> In here sensors communicate with the device. So sensors current status
>>> are updated through the device.
>>>
>>> User Story 2 (with 2nd highest prominence) :
>>>
>>> A user should be able to see counts appropriate graph views with respect
>>> to sensors with following states of alerts.
>>>
>>> [1] Ok - Meaning sensors with this alert type shouldn’t be given any
>>> prominence upon devices with other alert types
>>>
>>> [2] Warning - Meaning sensors with this alert type should be given less
>>> prominence upon devices with "Danger" alert type
>>>
>>> [3] Danger - Meaning devices with this alert type should be given more
>>> prominence upon devices with other alert types
>>>
>>> After getting sensor information from each sensor then this information
>>> needs to be summarized in a hicheiracial manner: floor level, home level
>>> and so on.
>>>
>>>
>>> User Story 3 (with 3rd highest prominence) :
>>>
>>> A user should be able to see sensor counts with appropriate graph views
>>> with respect to following groups.
>>>
>>> [1] User defined groups - Meaning sensor counts, the summary of current
>>> status of  sensors and reasons for being malfunctioned based on custom
>>> groups defined by users.
>>>
>>> [2] Sensor group based on each floor - Meaning what are the sensors
>>> which are installed into a given floor as well as the summary of current
>>> status of  sensors and reasons for being malfunctioned.
>>>
>>> [3] Also based on houses
>>>
>>> User Story 4 (with 4th highest prominence) :
>>>
>>> Viewing group level analytics and individual sensor analytics
>>>
>>> There should be a mechanism for viewing group level analytics and
>>> individual sensor analytics. Because each sensor may contain a different
>>> way of representing its analytics. Also, data retrieval from sensors also
>>> might vary from sensor to sensor. So group level analytics would be
>>> summation of  individual  analytics views or some sort of aggregation of
>>> them.
>>>
>>> User Story Relevance - { Role : Device plugin developer }
>>>
>>>
>>> User Story 5 (with 5th highest prominence) :
>>>
>>> A user should be able to install new sensors which already been
>>> registered under given user into any appropriate location.
>>>
>>> When device plugin developer is creating device type which may includes
>>> several types of sensors. If a user is required particular device type
>>> instance, then it needs to be registered under requested user, Afterward,
>>> he will able to pick existing sensors and install into any appropriate
>>> location. Upon sensor is being installed into a proper location, meta
>>> information such as sensor coordinates, floor number needs to be provided
>>> in order to fulfill installation process. Also update, remove  and replace
>>> functionality are required for particular sensor type.
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. http://traces.cs.umass.edu/index.php/Smart/Smart
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Geesara
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Software Engineer
>>> WSO2 Inc; http://wso2.com
>>> Mobile : +940772684174
>>>
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