We proposed new metrics based on information entropy to capture characteristics of screen use and switching among information display screens. These metrics reflect differences in the regularity of the time spent on each screen/display or the number of visits to each screen/display. We also provided simulation and case study to demonstrate the sensitivity and usefulness of the metrics.
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