BeCAMS: A behaviour context aware monitoring system

Our daily life is characterized by countless human relationships. Every day we go to work, do shopping, partake in leisure time. At the base, there are some choices that lead us to make a series of activities; In which we interact and relate with many people. What influences the choices we make? Answering this question can be a very daunting task. However, it can help us to identify the main key elements that influence the behaviour of people. Arguably the weather conditions have a major impact in our daily decisions and events, with the more extreme weather having a stronger influence our lives. How can we tie Human behaviour to environmental conditions? Can we determine the human behaviour during a catastrophic environmental event? To answer these questions, we can query various information sources including social networks. These represent a good starting point with respect to the analysis of a human behaviour aspect. The aim of the paper is to develop a methodology in gaining an understanding to what is happening on the territory from user behaviours and vice versa. The paper will conclude with a discussion of the results generated from the application of this methodology to real cases.