From mobile phone data to the spatial structure of cities

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Louail, Thomas ^a,b   Lenormand, Maxime ^c   Cantu Ros, Oliva G ^d   Picornell, Miguel ^d   Herranz, Ricardo ^d   Frias Martinez, Enrique ^e   Ramasco, José J ^c   Barthelemy, Marc ^a,f  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^b Campus Condorcet   (France)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA INTERDISCIPLINAR Y SISTEMAS COMPLEJOS IFISC CSIC UIB   (Spain)

^d Nommon Solutions and Technologies   (Spain)

^e TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

^f ÉCOLE DES HAUTES ÉTUDES EN SCIENCES SOCIALES   (France)

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EID: 84902477861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05276     Document Type: Article

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