Using mobile phone data to measure the ties between nations

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 195-202

  Blumenstock, Joshua E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance of trade; Call detail records; CDR; International relations; Quantitative methods; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

BALANCE OF TRADE; CALL DETAIL RECORDS; CDR; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE METHOD; RWANDA;

DISASTERS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

EID: 79952588639     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940788     Document Type: Conference Paper

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