Mobile phone data for inferring social network structure

Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction, 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 79-88

  Eagle, Nathan ^a   Pentland, Alex Sandy ^a   Lazer, David ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; FORECASTING; JOB SATISFACTION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BEHAVIORAL SIGNATURES; COMMUNICATION DATA; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; INDIVIDUAL LEVELS; INFERRING SOCIAL NETWORKS; MOBILE PHONE DATUM; PRECISE MEASUREMENTS; RELATIONAL DATA;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 77951270917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-77672-9_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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