Analyzing cell phone location data for urban travel: Current methods, limitations, and opportunities

Transportation Research Record

Volumn 2526, Issue , 2015, Pages 126-135

  Çolak, Serdar ^a   Alexander, Lauren P ^a   Alvim, Bernardo G ^b   Mehndiratta, Shomik R ^c   González, Marta C ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Ed Corporate Center   (Brazil)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONES; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POPULATION STATISTICS; TRAFFIC CONTROL;

'CURRENT; ANALYSIS TOOLS; CELL PHONE; LOCATION DATA; LOW-COSTS; ORIGIN DESTINATION; PHONE LOCATION; TRAVEL DEMAND; TRAVEL DEMAND MODELS; URBAN TRAVELS;

SURVEYS;

EID: 84975865210     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: 21694052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2526-14     Document Type: Article

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