This type research can therefore be used by the police to achieve a better response time, or direct their attention towards the places that are the most likely to require an intervention. 7.6 Data for development The last couple of years have seen a spectacular rise of interest for ...
Full size image In a recent study, this time with data from Africa, Maoet al.tried to determine which characteristics of the mobile phone network could best describe the socio-economic status of a developing region [66]. They introduce an indicator namedCallRank, obtained by running the weight...