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These packets are known as Wi-Fi probe requests and can encapsulate various types of spatiotemporal information from the device carrier. In addition, in this paper, we perform a comparison between the Prophet model and our implementation of the autoregressive moving average (ARMA) model. The Prophet model is an additive model that requires no manual effort and can easily detect and handle outliers or missing data. In contrast, the ARMA model may require more effort and deep statistical analysis but allows the user to tune it and reach a more personalized result. Second, we attempted to understand human behaviour. We used historical data from a live store in Dubai to forecast the use of two different models, which we conclude by comparing. Subsequently, we mapped each probe request to the section of our place of interest where it was captured. 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