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Explorationof representationof thedifferentways dataanalysisinreal timeandinits materializationin usefulbusiness information.
providersduringthecalls,messages,andinternetactivityofacustomer.Telecommunicationprovidersroutinelycollecttheserecordstodetectcongestedcelltowerstomanageadditionalbandwidth,tobillcustomersforcellularusageandaretypicallyusedto troubleshootandimprovethenetwork’sperformance.Foreachcommunicationbetween individuals,themobileoperatorkeepsaCDRthatstoresmetadatathatcancontaininformationsuchasthetypeofcall,ifthecallwasincomingoroutgoing,thestartingand endingtimeofthecallandcallduration.Sincethecontentsofthecommunicationarenot revealedthroughtheCDR,astheyonlystorecommunication-relatedproperties,CDRcan beconsideredmetadata[4].Theserecordsareessentialsincetheyallowtheidentification ofsimilarusepatternsandinformationthattelecomoperatorsandtheirclientscanuseto theiradvantage[5, 6].Theknowledgeoftheclients’patternsallowsthetelecommunicationsoperatortounderstandwhatanomalousbehaviourmightlooklikeand,according tothat,maketheappropriatedecisions.Anothercriticalaspectofthesecallpatternsis thattheycanpresentdistinctcharacteristicseventhoughmultipleclientsmayfollowthe samepattern.Characterisingtheseclientswouldbeintheoperator’sbestinterest,asit mayhelpwithfuturebusinessplans.