Association Rule Based Flexible Machine Learning Module for Embedded System Platforms like Android

TL;DR

This paper proposes a flexible machine learning module integrated into Android to enhance smartphone intelligence and context-aware capabilities, enabling proactive user services based on environment and user requirements.

Contribution

It introduces a novel ML module for Android, explores three architectural integration approaches, and evaluates their advantages and limitations.

Findings

Three architectures for ML integration in Android are proposed and analyzed.

The ML module enhances context-aware computing and user service personalization.

Potential applications demonstrate improved smartphone functionality.

Abstract

The past few years have seen a tremendous growth in the popularity of smartphones. As newer features continue to be added to smartphones to increase their utility, their significance will only increase in future. Combining machine learning with mobile computing can enable smartphones to become 'intelligent' devices, a feature which is hitherto unseen in them. Also, the combination of machine learning and context aware computing can enable smartphones to gauge user's requirements proactively, depending upon their environment and context. Accordingly, necessary services can be provided to users. In this paper, we have explored the methods and applications of integrating machine learning and context aware computing on the Android platform, to provide higher utility to the users. To achieve this, we define a Machine Learning (ML) module which is incorporated in the basic Android architecture. Firstly, we have outlined two major functionalities that the ML module should provide. Then, we have presented three architectures, each of which incorporates the ML module at a different level in the Android architecture. The advantages and shortcomings of each of these architectures have been evaluated. Lastly, we have explained a few applications in which our proposed system can be incorporated such that their functionality is improved.