Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors

Yueyi Ge; Ingrid Zukerman; Mahsa Salehi; Mor Vered

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-74640-6_26

Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors

Yueyi Ge
, Ingrid Zukerman
, Mahsa Salehi
, Mor Vered

Monash University

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Abstract

In this project, we use unintrusive sensors to collect data about toilet attendance of seniors as a proxy for micturition, in order to detect anomalous behaviour. Firstly, we identify and address challenges associated with building a robust dataset of normal toilet-attendance behaviour from sensor logs. Next, since our users are healthy, we leverage medical information to build personalized simulated models of abnormal toilet attendance on the basis of users’ normal behaviour. We then compare the performance of two anomaly-detection models in detecting abnormal increases in toilet visits.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers
Editors	Rosa Meo, Fabrizio Silvestri
Publisher	Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages	336-344
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9783031746390
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74640-6_26
State	Published - 2025
Externally published	Yes
Event	23rd Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2023 - Turin, Italy Duration: 18 Sep 2023 → 22 Sep 2023

Publication series

Name	Communications in Computer and Information Science
Volume	2136 CCIS
ISSN (Print)	1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-0937

Conference

Conference	23rd Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2023
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Turin
Period	18/09/23 → 22/09/23

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© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2025.

Keywords

Anomaly detection
Modeling patients toilet attendance
Unintrusive sensors
Urinary anomalies

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Ge, Y., Zukerman, I., Salehi, M., & Vered, M. (2025). Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors. In R. Meo, & F. Silvestri (Eds.), Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers (pp. 336-344). (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2136 CCIS). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74640-6_26

Ge, Yueyi ; Zukerman, Ingrid ; Salehi, Mahsa et al. / Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors. Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers. editor / Rosa Meo ; Fabrizio Silvestri. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. pp. 336-344 (Communications in Computer and Information Science).

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Ge, Y, Zukerman, I, Salehi, M & Vered, M 2025, Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors. in R Meo & F Silvestri (eds), Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol. 2136 CCIS, Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, pp. 336-344, 23rd Joint European Conference on Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases, ECML PKDD 2023, Turin, Italy, 18/09/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-74640-6_26

Modeling and Detecting Urinary Anomalies in Seniors from Data Obtained by Unintrusive Sensors. / Ge, Yueyi; Zukerman, Ingrid; Salehi, Mahsa et al.
Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases - International Workshops of ECML PKDD 2023, Revised Selected Papers. ed. / Rosa Meo; Fabrizio Silvestri. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2025. p. 336-344 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; Vol. 2136 CCIS).

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