From: albinali@cs.arizona.edu   
      
   Dear all,   
      
   I need some feedback/suggestions on how to approach the following   
   problem using Hidden Markov Models:   
      
   For a particular application on a desktop (e.g. an FTP client), if we   
   monitor the sequence of mouse events (particularly mouse clicks and   
   their coordinates), can we determine if the application will attempt to   
   transfer data on a wireless card.  For example, one would think that   
   using specific menus on a particular FTP client would initiate an FTP   
   send/get request and therefore we may be able to predict such events   
   before the data is relayed to the wireless card.   
      
   Thus, my goal is to predict the state of an application whether it is   
   sending data or not.   
      
   To tackle this problem, I am planning to use HMMs. I plan to have at   
   least a 2 -state HMM (with one state signfying that the application is   
   not in a sending mode and another state indicating that the application   
   is in a sending mode). The observations that I will gather are mouse   
   clicks associated with the activity of the wireless card (i.e. if there   
   was data sent during the mouse clicks or not).   
      
   Can someone make a sanity check on this approach? Any suggestions will   
   be highly appreciated. Thanks!   
      
   albinali   
      
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