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Table 3 Mobile network indicators from call and mobility networks at the pole level

From: Quantifying socio-economic indicators in developing countries from mobile phone communication data: applications to Côte d’Ivoire

Mobile phone indicators

Description

inFlow

The weighted in-degree

outFlow

The weighted out-degree

selfFlow

The sum of weights from antenna-to-antenna edges within the pole

externalFlow

inFlow + outFlow

totalFlow

selfFlow + externalFlow

exRatio

externalFlow/totalFlow

outRatio

outFlow/externalFlow

towernum

Number of towers

CallRank

PageRank

diversity

A measure of normalized entropy of communication adopted from [19]