Methodological review demonstrates statistical frameworks for integrating mobile network operator data with official statistics, highlighting opportunities to refine population and mobility estimates.
Integration of data from mobile network operators (MNOs) with suitable data from non-MNO sources is by and large necessary to serve the defined interests of official statistics. In this paper we summarise key insights from the ESSnet project Mobile Network Operator Methods for Integrating New Data Sources (MNO-MINDS), distinguish and explain the central ideas of possible statistical approaches, discuss how some existing methods may be extended or improved, and highlight certain specific issues that may not have received adequate attention previously.
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