Origin-destination trips by purpose and time of day inferred from mobile phone data

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 240-250

  Alexander, Lauren ^a   Jiang, Shan ^b   Murga, Mikel ^a   González, Marta C ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Human mobility; Mobile phone data; Travel surveys; Trip distribution; Trip production and attraction

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; INVESTMENTS; LOCATION; SURVEYS;

HUMAN MOBILITY; MOBILE PHONE DATUM; TRAVEL SURVEYS; TRIP DISTRIBUTION; TRIP PRODUCTION AND ATTRACTION;

DATA MINING;

ARRIVAL TIME; DATA MINING; INVESTMENT; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MOBILITY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940458878     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2015.02.018     Document Type: Article

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