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Table 4 Most predictive features in EU and SA according to the Linear SVM with L1 penalty

From: Improving official statistics in emerging markets using machine learning and mobile phone data

In EU

 

1.

response_delay_text__weekday__allday__callandtext__max__mean

2.

entropy_of_contacts__weekday__day__text__mean

3.

percent_initiated_conversations__weekday__night__callandtext__mean

4.

interevent_time__weekday__allday__text__max__std

5.

percent_nocturnal__weekday__allday__text__std

In SA

 

1.

percent_initiated_interactions__weekend__night__call__mean

2.

percent_at_home__weekday__day__mean

3.

call_duration__allweek__allday__call__max__mean

4.

entropy_of_antennas__weekday__allday__mean

5.

percent_initiated_interactions__allweek__allday__call__mean