Phone Messages¶

Sensor parameters description for [PHONE_MESSAGES]:

Key	Description
`[CONTAINER]`	Data stream container (database table, CSV file, etc.) where the messages data is stored

RAPIDS provider¶

Available time segments and platforms

Available for all time segments
Available for Android only

File Sequence

- data/raw/{pid}/phone_messages_raw.csv
- data/raw/{pid}/phone_messages_with_datetime.csv
- data/interim/{pid}/phone_messages_features/phone_messages_{language}_{provider_key}.csv
- data/processed/features/{pid}/phone_messages.csv

Parameters description for [PHONE_MESSAGES][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Key	Description
`[COMPUTE]`	Set to `True` to extract `PHONE_MESSAGES` features from the `RAPIDS` provider
`[MESSAGES_TYPES]`	The `messages_type` that will be analyzed. The options for this parameter are `received` or `sent`.
`[FEATURES]`	Features to be computed, see table below for `[MESSAGES_TYPES]` `received` and `sent`

Features description for [PHONE_MESSAGES][PROVIDERS][RAPIDS]:

Feature	Units	Description
count	messages	Number of messages of type `messages_type` that occurred during a particular `time_segment`.
distinctcontacts	contacts	Number of distinct contacts that are associated with a particular `messages_type` during a particular `time_segment`.
timefirstmessages	minutes	Number of minutes between 12:00am (midnight) and the first `message` of a particular `messages_type` during a particular `time_segment`.
timelastmessages	minutes	Number of minutes between 12:00am (midnight) and the last `message` of a particular `messages_type` during a particular `time_segment`.
countmostfrequentcontact	messages	Number of messages from the contact with the most messages of `messages_type` during a `time_segment` throughout the whole dataset of each participant.

Assumptions/Observations

[MESSAGES_TYPES] and [FEATURES] keys in config.yaml need to match. For example, [MESSAGES_TYPES] sent matches the [FEATURES] key sent