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Calculate disease prevalence for each region using other data (Risk maps,
past cases, Other indices related to the disease)
For example, in the study by Wesolowski et. al in Kenya, the following
equation was used.
where
pnwday,i,j - probability that agent n can be found in base station j in timeslot i
Mnwday,i - Mobility of agent n on a weekday for timeslot i
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Population estimation for each MOH area or cell tower area is important in
modeling the epidemiology of a disease like Dengue
Data from census, surveys are old and not up to date (Census in Sri Lanka
happens once every 10 years)
CDR can be used to estimate population characteristics (Deville et al. 2014)
log (pc) = log() + log (c)
- Mobile phone user density for a given time for an administrative unit c
pc - Population density for a given time for an administrative unit c
c
Fan, Z., Arai, A., Song, X., Witayangkurn, A., Kanasugi, H., & Shibasaki, R. (2016). A Collaborative Filtering Approach to Citywide Human Mobility
Completion from Sparse Call Records. Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-16), 25002506.
Calling Party
Number
Called Party
Number
Cell ID
Call Time
Call Duration
A24BC1571X
B321SG141X
3134
13-04-2013
17:42:14
00:03:35
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