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Empatica Inter Beat Interval

Sensor parameters description for [EMPATICA_INTER_BEAT_INTERVAL]:

Key                              Description
[CONTAINER] Name of the CSV file containing inter beat interval data that is compressed inside an Empatica zip file. Since these zip files are created automatically by Empatica, there is no need to change the value of this attribute.

DBDP provider

Available time segments and platforms

  • Available for all time segments

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_inter_beat_interval_raw.csv
- data/raw/{pid}/empatica_inter_beat_interval_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/empatica_inter_beat_interval_features/empatica_inter_beat_interval_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/empatica_inter_beat_interval.csv

Parameters description for [EMPATICA_INTER_BEAT_INTERVAL][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Key                              Description
[COMPUTE] Set to True to extract EMPATICA_INTER_BEAT_INTERVAL features from the DBDP provider
[FEATURES] Features to be computed from inter beat interval intraday data, see table below

Features description for [EMPATICA_INTER_BEAT_INTERVAL][PROVIDERS][DBDP]:

Feature Units Description
maxibi seconds The maximum inter beat interval during a time segment.
minibi seconds The minimum inter beat interval during a time segment.
avgibi seconds The average inter beat interval during a time segment.
medianibi seconds The median of inter beat interval during a time segment.
modeibi seconds The mode of inter beat interval during a time segment.
stdibi seconds The standard deviation of inter beat interval during a time segment.
diffmaxmodeibi seconds The difference between the maximum and mode inter beat interval during a time segment.
diffminmodeibi seconds The difference between the mode and minimum inter beat interval during a time segment.
entropyibi nats Shannon’s entropy measurement based on inter beat interval during a time segment.

Assumptions/Observations

For more information about IBI read this.