Inferring Urban Travel Patterns From Cellphone Data

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- September 5, 2016 at 4:12 am #1986
  
  Julia Bernd
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  MIT News, 8/29/2016
  
  Researchers are using data on the locations people make calls from to model the movement patterns of Boston commuters; the system may replace or supplement surveys of residents. The article discusses the benefits of gathering and processing more data more quickly and cheaply, though students may be able to identify some disadvantages of using call data.
  
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