A method to estimate population densities and electricity consumption from mobile phone data in developing countries.

High quality census data are not always available in developing countries. Instead, mobile phone data are becoming a popular proxy to evaluate the density, activity and social characteristics of a population. They offer additional advantages: they are updated in real-time, include mobility informati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hadrien Salat, Zbigniew Smoreda, Markus Schläpfer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235224