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An empirical study on green practices of mobile phone users

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Given the market’s saturation with smartphones and the increased power needs that these have as compared with older feature phones, the users’ green practices and behavior is emerging as an important research topic. The environmental aspects and general awareness issues are not addressed in this study; however, the limited battery life of smartphones is a decisive factor that shapes the users’ behavior, practices and preferences. As such, the users need to follow green practices and carefully assess the energy related characteristics (speed, screen size, weight, and price) that they value the most in a smartphone, to maximize their experience. Based on our previous work that gathered relevant data from 313 users, we extended the analysis in order to examine the user battery life and charging practices, buying habits, green practices and preferences. To that end, we used quantitative statistics and Fuzzy Decision Tree analysis to propose relevant Fuzzy Decision Rules that can classify the results and profile the users.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank SAIA for the financial support during this work. This research has also been partially supported by a grant from the Scientific Grant Agency of the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic and the Slovak Academy of Science (VEGA 1/0498/14).

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  1. University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece

    Iosif Androulidakis

  2. Department of Informatics, University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia

    Vitaly Levashenko & Elena Zaitseva

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Androulidakis, I., Levashenko, V. & Zaitseva, E. An empirical study on green practices of mobile phone users. Wireless Netw 22, 2203–2220 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-015-1097-7

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