{
  "id": 5374,
  "title": "Are these valid HF events or not?",
  "url": "/competitions/belkin-energy-disaggregation-competition/discussion/5374",
  "author_name": "Mike Shumpert",
  "post_date": "2013-08-11T15:45:29.623000",
  "votes": 1,
  "comment_count": 0,
  "views": 804,
  "content": "<p>In H1/Tagged_Training_10_24_1351062001.mat, there is a confusing sequence of tags and HF activity that defies&nbsp;interpretation by my eyes, much less my event detection algorithm.</p>\n<p>I have attached a picture of the sequence.&nbsp; There are 5 identical HF signatures spread over roughly 15 minutes.&nbsp; There are also 3 ON/OFF label pairs for a 'GR PS4' appliance in that same span.</p>\n<p>I have read carefully the advice given by Kevin and Sidhant as to the latitude you need to give the amateur data collectors.&nbsp; With that guidance, you could easily interpret 3 of the 5 HF 'starts' as labeled ON events, and by stretching that guidance a bit, you could interpret 2 of the 5 HF 'stops' as labeled OFF events.</p>\n<p>But the OFF label for the first ON/OFF label pair is ~5 minutes before that HF signature&nbsp;stops, a difference that is nearly 10x that of the other 2 shutdowns.&nbsp; And then you have the identical signatures before and after that are completely&nbsp;unlabeled.</p>\n<p>Since 'GR PS4' likely stands for game room Playstation 4, is this just a typical case of not being able to get a teenager to turn off his game when told?</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://i43.tinypic.com/154akuf.jpg\" alt=\"Potential HF Events\" width=\"1137\" height=\"169\"></p>",
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      "postDate": "2013-08-11T15:45:29.623Z",
      "content": "<p>In H1/Tagged_Training_10_24_1351062001.mat, there is a confusing sequence of tags and HF activity that defies&nbsp;interpretation by my eyes, much less my event detection algorithm.</p>\n<p>I have attached a picture of the sequence.&nbsp; There are 5 identical HF signatures spread over roughly 15 minutes.&nbsp; There are also 3 ON/OFF label pairs for a 'GR PS4' appliance in that same span.</p>\n<p>I have read carefully the advice given by Kevin and Sidhant as to the latitude you need to give the amateur data collectors.&nbsp; With that guidance, you could easily interpret 3 of the 5 HF 'starts' as labeled ON events, and by stretching that guidance a bit, you could interpret 2 of the 5 HF 'stops' as labeled OFF events.</p>\n<p>But the OFF label for the first ON/OFF label pair is ~5 minutes before that HF signature&nbsp;stops, a difference that is nearly 10x that of the other 2 shutdowns.&nbsp; And then you have the identical signatures before and after that are completely&nbsp;unlabeled.</p>\n<p>Since 'GR PS4' likely stands for game room Playstation 4, is this just a typical case of not being able to get a teenager to turn off his game when told?</p>\n<p>Thanks.</p>\n<p><img src=\"http://i43.tinypic.com/154akuf.jpg\" alt=\"Potential HF Events\" width=\"1137\" height=\"169\"></p>",
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