Measuring Indoor Occupancy through Environmental Sensors: A Systematic Review on Sensor Deployment

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed our common habits and lifestyle. Occupancy information is valued more now due to the restrictions put in place to reduce the spread of the virus. Over the years, several authors have developed methods and algorithms to detect/estimate occupancy in enclosed spaces. Similarly, different types of sensors have been installed in the places to allow this measurement. However, new researchers and practitioners often find it difficult to estimate the number of sensors to collect the data, the time needed to sense, and technical information related to sensor deployment. Therefore, this systematic review provides an overview of the type of environmental sensors used to detect/estimate occupancy, the places that have been selected to carry out experiments, details about the placement of the sensors, characteristics of datasets, and models/algorithms developed. Furthermore, with the information extracted from three selected studies, a technique to calculate the number of environmental sensors to be deployed is proposed.

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