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Record W4409561806 · doi:10.1371/journal.pdig.0000774

A BLE based turnkey indoor positioning system for mobility assessment in aging-in-place settings

2025· article· en· W4409561806 on OpenAlexafffund
Haocheng Wang, G. Mohan Ganesh, Michael Zon, Oishee Ghosh, Henry Siu, Qiyin Fang

Bibliographic record

VenuePLOS Digital Health · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldEngineering
TopicIndoor and Outdoor Localization Technologies
Canadian institutionsMcMaster University
FundersAGE-WELLNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
KeywordsBluetooth Low EnergyComputer scienceModular designBluetoothReal-time computingSignal strengthCalibrationMeasure (data warehouse)Hybrid positioning systemSIGNAL (programming language)Embedded systemWirelessPositioning systemTelecommunicationsEngineeringData miningNode (physics)

Abstract

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Indoor positioning systems (IPS) can be used to measure mobility at home, which is an important indicator for health and wellbeing. In this work, we designed and developed a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) based IPS that identifies individual users; does not require floorplans; and allows the end-users to perform on-site install/setup. Additionally, a dynamic calibration process is implemented to learn room boundaries based on the distribution of the BLE signal strength. The functionality and performance of IPS system were validated in two residential home settings. Raw and filtered relative signal strength indicators (RSSI) and variability of RSSI were measured during testing. Room detection was determined by comparing a user input location (ground truth) with the IPS detected location for over 300 positions. The IPS produced a 96% accuracy of correctly detecting room location when using RSSI and the additional motion sensors. The use of PIR motion and ultrasonic sensors information provided improved validity when compared with existing indoor positioning systems. The ease of use and modular design of this IPS makes it a good choice for implementation in larger scale smart healthcare monitoring systems.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Bench or experimental · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.007
Threshold uncertainty score0.024

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0010.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0010.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0070.004

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.008
GPT teacher head0.262
Teacher spread0.254 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designBench or experimental
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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Published2025
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