In this paper, we review some advances made recently in the study of mobile phone datasets. This area of research has emerged a decade ago, with the increasing availability …
Human mobility impacts many aspects of a city, from its spatial structure,–to its response to an epidemic,,–. It is also ultimately key to social interactions, innovation, and productivity …
Policymakers everywhere are working to determine the set of restrictions that will effectively contain the spread of COVID-19 without excessively stifling economic activity. We show that …
The study of socio-technical systems has been revolutionized by the unprecedented amount of digital records that are constantly being produced by human activities such as accessing …
Large-scale data sets of human behavior have the potential to fundamentally transform the way we fight diseases, design cities, or perform research. Metadata, however, contain …
With the advancement in communication techniques and sensor technologies, mobile crowdsensing (MCS)—one of the most successful applications of crowdsourcing—has …
The key component in forecasting demand and consumption of resources in a supply network is an accurate prediction of real-valued time series. Indeed, both service …
In this study we analyze the travel patterns of 500,000 individuals in Cote d'Ivoire using mobile phone call data records. By measuring the uncertainties of movements using …
Predictive analysis on mobile network traffic is becoming of fundamental importance for the next generation cellular network. Proactively knowing the user demands, allows the system …