Filling out input forms for (mobile) data acquisition is often tedious and, moreover, prone to errors. And it can often be observed that input sequences are repeated so that, in principle, workloads could be avoided. An innovative approach to overcoming these problems would be a situation-dependent "intelligent" prefilling of the data entry forms. (Situational factors would be, e.g., acquisitions already made by the user in the past, the current geographic location, time of day, etc.) In other words: On the basis of the forms already filled out in the past, the idea is to have a "recommendation system" that suggests suitable candidates. At best, the system should "learn" from the acquisition processes that have already been completed.
My question: Who knows work that has already dealt with "recommendation systems" specifically for input forms? (Here, input forms consist of a possibly large number of data fields that have to be filled with values.)
Hi Javad,
thanks for your answer.
Well, the RoboForm application would be very a primitive application scenario. We are concerned with more extensive input masks and forms.
A simple example: To set up a communal tree cadastre, several data collectors go through the city. The form they have to fill out has several data fields such as 'Tree species', 'Tree age', 'Tree height', 'Crown diameter', 'Trunk circumference' etc.
Since it is tedious to fill out the form, the data collectors would like a suggestion. The basis would probably be to identify suitable candidates from the set of forms that have already been filled out.
Benno Schmidt ,
Based on your example, I would suggest a hybrid of from and a data acquisition device using a RASPI and program the DAC to send the measurements directly to a particular field
Dear Benno, sorry for the delay. Nice to hear from you. I have a colleague who is dealing with recommender systems. However, the specific case of data collection systems might not be covered. But I will ask her. Best regards, Hardy
Thanks for the answer, Hardy! Yes, please ask your colleague! The topic of generating recommendations for filling out data entry forms is interesting! Best regards, Benno
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