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Evidence to support common application switching behaviour on smartphones

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dc.contributor.authorTurner, Liam D.
dc.contributor.authorWhitaker, Roger M.
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Stuart M.
dc.contributor.authorLinden, David E. J.
dc.contributor.authorTu, Kun
dc.contributor.authorTowsley, Don
dc.contributor.departmentCardiff University
dc.contributor.departmentCardiff University
dc.contributor.departmentCardiff University
dc.contributor.departmentCardiff University
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
dc.date2023-09-23T23:38:53.000
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T09:34:13Z
dc.date.available2019-05-23T00:00:00Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-01
dc.description.abstractWe find evidence to support common behaviour in smartphone usage based on analysis of application (app) switching. This is an overlooked aspect of smartphone usage that gives additional insight beyond screen time and the particular apps that are accessed. Using a dataset of usage behaviour from 53 participants over a six-week period, we find strong similarity in the structure of networks built from app switching, despite diversity in the apps used, and the volume of app switching. App switch networks exhibit small-world, broad-scale network features, with a rapid popularity decay, suggesting that preferential attachment may drive next-app decision-making.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.190018
dc.identifier.issn2054-5703
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/9762
dc.relation.ispartofRoyal Society Open Science
dc.relation.urlhttps://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2339&context=cs_faculty_pubs&unstamped=1
dc.rightsUMass Amherst Open Access Policy
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.source.issue3
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.subjecthuman behaviour
dc.subjectsmartphone apps
dc.subjectnetwork science
dc.subjectsmartphone
dc.titleEvidence to support common application switching behaviour on smartphones
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digcom.contributor.authorTurner, Liam D.
digcom.contributor.authorWhitaker, Roger M.
digcom.contributor.authorAllen, Stuart M.
digcom.contributor.authorLinden, David E. J.
digcom.contributor.authorTu, Kun
digcom.contributor.authorisAuthorOfPublication|email:towsley@cs.umass.edu|institution:University of Massachusetts Amherst|Towsley, Don
digcom.date.embargo2019-05-23T00:00:00-07:00
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