Summary of Revisiting Synthetic Human Trajectories: Imitative Generation and Benchmarks Beyond Datasaurus, by Bangchao Deng et al.
Revisiting Synthetic Human Trajectories: Imitative Generation and Benchmarks Beyond Datasaurus
by Bangchao Deng, Xin Jing, Tianyue Yang, Bingqing Qu, Philippe Cudre-Mauroux, Dingqi Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed MIRAGE model addresses the limitations of traditional synthetic human trajectory data generation methods by imitating the human decision-making process rather than fitting specific statistical distributions. This neural Temporal Point Process integrates an Exploration and Preferential Return model to generate trajectories that mimic real-world human behavior. The paper presents a comprehensive evaluation protocol for trajectory generative models, incorporating multiple techniques and metrics for four typical downstream tasks. A thorough comparison with baselines on three real-world user trajectory datasets shows MIRAGE outperforms the best baselines in terms of statistical and distributional similarities, as well as task-based evaluation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper aims to improve synthetic human trajectory data generation by developing a more realistic model that mimics human behavior. The proposed MIRAGE model uses a neural Temporal Point Process to generate trajectories that are closer to real-world data. This is achieved by imitating the human decision-making process, rather than fitting specific statistical distributions. The paper also presents a new evaluation protocol for trajectory generative models, which involves testing them on four different tasks using multiple metrics. The results show that MIRAGE outperforms traditional methods in terms of both statistical similarity and task-based performance. |
