How Routine Learners can Support Family Coordination

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Researchers have detailed the importance of routines in how people live and work, while also cautioning system designers about the importance of people’s idiosyncratic behavior patterns and the challenges they would present to learning systems. We wish to take up their challenge, and offer a vision of how simple sensing technology could capture and model idiosyncratic routines, enabling applications to solve many real world problems.To identify how a simple routine learner can demonstrate this in support of family coordination, we conducted six months of nightly interviews with six families, focusing on how they make and execute plans. Our data reveals that only about 40% of events unfold in a routine manner. When deviations do occur, family members often need but do not have access to accurate information about their routines. With about 90% of their content concerning deviations, not routines, families do not rely on calendars to support them during these moments. We discuss how coordination tools, like calendars and reminder systems, would improve coordination and reduce stress when augmented with routine information, and how commercial mobile phones can support the automatic creation of routine models.

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THE PROJECT ON

How Routine Learners can Support Family Coordination

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How families coordinate moving people

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Managing ride details can be difficult

Darrah et al. 2000, Frissen 2000, Beech et al. 2004, Davidofff et al. 2006

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Routines help give parents control

Darrah et al. 1999, Crabtree et al. 2004, Neustaedter 2007

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Practiced routines can feel graceful

Wolin et al. 1984, Wakkary et al. 2007

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Non-routine days are often stressful

Frissen 2000, Fiese et al. 2002, Davidoff et al. 2007

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A system to help families during (often non-routine) coordination breakdowns

Vision

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Describe problems in non-routine days

Goal 1

Goal 2Proscribe what to do in these situations

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Related Work

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Idiosyncratic actions are hard to interpret

Suchman 1983, Tolmie et al. 2002,

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Computer useBegole et al. 2003

Domains using simple routine models

Social interaction

Transportation

Eagle et al 2006

Krumm et al 2006

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Study approach

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All 28 people in 6 dual-income families

Population

Timeline6 months, Spring, Summer and Fall

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GPS

Phone Calls

Email

SMS

Calendars

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528 InterviewsGround truth on location and jobs

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Uncover causes of disruptions109 Activity Interviews

528 InterviewsGround truth on location and jobs

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Uncover causes of disruptions109 Activity Interviews

108 CalendarsLabel events and examine content

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Findings

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Deviations from routine happen almost every day

Finding 1

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

2

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

3

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

4

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Disruption can be caused by routines

Examine causes

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Mom

Dad

DayCare Home

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Work

Work

Family A

Home

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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Family members make plans based on where they believe one another will be but their knowledge is incomplete

Finding 2

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Specify S15’s Wednesday Routine

Activity Interview Task

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TrackS15 Paper Route

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

Family E

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TrackS15

Mom

Dad

Paper Route

Scouts

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

Track Paper RouteSchool

TrackSchool Scouts

Family E

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TrackS15

Mom

Dad

Paper Route

Scouts

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

Track Paper RouteSchool

TrackSchool ScoutsPaper Route

Family E

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S15 makes plans that depend on once-accurate information

School Half Day

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TrackS15

2:30 5:003:00 5:30

School Home

Family E

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TrackS15 Home

2:30 5:003:00 5:30

School Home

12:30 1:00

Family E

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TrackS15

Dad

Home

2:30 5:003:00 5:30

School Home

Work Home

12:30 1:00

Family E

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TrackS15

Dad

Home

2:30 5:003:00 5:30

School Home

Work Baseball

12:30 1:00

Family E

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Calendars hold deviations, not routines

Finding 3

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AUGUST SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER

Calendar holds deviation, not routine

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Deviations are frequent happenings

FINDING 1

People make plans without full information

Calendars are not good resources for routines

FINDING 2

FINDING 3

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Information for builders

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Forward-chain using planning algorithms to look for conflicts

Conflict detection

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TrackS15

Paper Route

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

ScoutsHome

Scouts

Family E

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TrackS15

Paper Route

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

ScoutsHome

Orthodontist

Scouts

Family E

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TrackS15

Paper Route

2:30 5:00 6:303:00 5:30 7:00

School

ScoutsHome

Orthodontist

Scouts

Family E

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TrackS15

Paper Route

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School

ScoutsHome

Orthodontist

Scouts

Family E

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NO SCHOOL

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NO SCHOOL

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Alert parents about potential problems in time to do something about it

Safety net

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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Mom

Dad

5:00 5:455:30 6:30

Out of town

Work

Family A

HomeDayCare

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5:30

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Summary

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Deviations are frequent happenings

FINDING 1

People make plans without full information

Calendars are not good resources for routines

FINDING 2

FINDING 3

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Provide a resource for early detection

Conflict detection

Safety netMake sure high-cost events don’t happen

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When (and how) do you notify family about a suspected disruption

NEXT STEP 1

How accurate do routine models need to be

What is the social impact of a system that affects coordination

NEXT STEP 2NEXT STEP 3

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Thanks to my COLLABORATORS

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Thanks to my COMMITTEE

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Thanks to my ADVISORS

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TheProject on

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GRAPHICAL EVIDENCE

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

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RoutineDeviation, ScheduledDeviation, Unscheduled

March September

Family E activities involving transportation

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4:30 5 5.30

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Pickup Drop off

Time 1 2 1 2

Parent A T T A

Child A T T A

2MODELING

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Family Precision Recall Accuracy F-measure Total Rides

A 0.625 0.710 0.500 0.665 861

B 0.880 0.611 0.564 0.720 328

C 0.776 0.669 0.567 0.722 99

D 0.751 0.604 0.503 0.670 1440

E 0.511 0.248 0.200 0.334 557

Total 0.731 0.569 0.467 0.622 3285

2MODELING

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2MODELING

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1How can end-user programming systemsin the homesupport human needs?

2 3What kind of support do families really want for their kids’ activities?

Can understanding of routine be used to model and support coordination?

22 Families12 months

18 Families3 months

6 Families6 months

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UNUSED CONTENT

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Reduce attention for everyday tasks

Zerubavel 1981

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Focus on more meaningful experience

Fiese et al. 2002, Wakkary et al. 2007

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Actions have important social meaning

Taylor et al. 2005, Harper et al. 2007

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Desire for transportation support is strong

Davidoff et al 2007