Analyzing the Behavior and Financial Status of Soccer Fans from a Mobile Phone Network Perspective: Euro 2016, a Case Study
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- Fusing CDR data sets with mobile phone prices and release dates.
- Filtering out SIM cards that do not operate in mobile phones.
- Demonstrating connections between phone prices and mobility customs.
- Proposing the use of mobile phone price as an SES indicator.
- Attendees of the large social events were compared to the rest of the subscribers based on their mobility and SES.
2. Materials
2.1. Resolving Type Allocation Codes
2.2. Fusing Databases
3. Methodology
3.1. Mobility Metrics
3.2. Socioeconomic Status
4. Results and Discussion
4.1. Austria vs. Hungary
4.2. Iceland vs. Hungary
4.3. Hungary vs. Portugal
Who Are Responsible for the Peaks?
4.4. Hungary vs. Belgium
4.5. Homecoming
4.6. Limitations
4.7. Future Work
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Pintér, G.; Felde, I. Analyzing the Behavior and Financial Status of Soccer Fans from a Mobile Phone Network Perspective: Euro 2016, a Case Study. Information 2021, 12, 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/info12110468
Pintér G, Felde I. Analyzing the Behavior and Financial Status of Soccer Fans from a Mobile Phone Network Perspective: Euro 2016, a Case Study. Information. 2021; 12(11):468. https://doi.org/10.3390/info12110468
Chicago/Turabian StylePintér, Gergő, and Imre Felde. 2021. "Analyzing the Behavior and Financial Status of Soccer Fans from a Mobile Phone Network Perspective: Euro 2016, a Case Study" Information 12, no. 11: 468. https://doi.org/10.3390/info12110468