A Cell Dwell Time Model for Synthetic Population Generation from Call Detail Records

In this work we propose a novel Cell Dwell Time Model that can be used to generate a synthetic population. We introduce two new metrics to define the attractivity of cell sites based on global and individual parameters obtained via the analysis of the Data For Development (D4D) Call Detail Records (CDR). We rely on the shortest path road network to interconnect two distant cell sites. The resulting dwell time model can be used to compute accurate user trajectories even with partial information. This work represents a first step towards the generation of a synthetic population that can be used to perform a wide range of simulative studies to evaluate and optimize transportation networks.