Abstract:Altruism, i.e. an act that one does at their own expense that tends to enhance others well-being, is a fundamental human behavior with implications for personal and societal welfare. Hence, modeling altruism is an important building block in designing humancentered computing systems. Traditional methods for understanding an individual's altruistic propensities have been surveys and lab experiments. However, the emerging "personal big data" coming from mobile and ubiquitous devices allows for creation of lower-… Show more
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