Flowminder

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Flowminder, Worldpop

Manufacturing/Building Method

Flowminder is an independent research institute and many of Flowminder's staff are affiliated with academic institutions across the world. Their researchers range from economists, geographers, doctors, and computer scientists. They attempt to apply academic rigor to international development issues and publish their work in an open fashion.

Intellectural Property Type

Open Source

User Provision Model

Flowminder attempts to provide access to their analysis in a number of ways. They publish a large number of articles in peer reviewed journals as well as data sets which are available from partners.Flowminder is very active in social media along with their partners in attempting to get out the information to decision makers and the public at large.

Distributions to Date Status

Flowminder does not have statistics on distribution. ^{Interview with representative}

Design Specifications

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Technical Support

N/A

Replacement Components

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Lifecycle

N/A

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

Flowminder's goal is to provide analysis to help identify distributions, migrations and characteristics of vulnerable populations. They provide this analysis to policy makers to enable them make policy decisions with the proper data to make a proper decision.

Vetted Performance Status

Notable models that have been developed using data from Flowminder include a model to project disease outbreak risk based upon anonymous cellular data analysis¹, a model to predict climate change related migration patterns in Bangledesh², and a model to analyze poverty in low and middle income countries utilizing satellite and cellular data³

Safety

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Complementary Technical Systems

Statistical analysis software (Stata, R, etc.) GIS software (OpenStreetMap, GeoNode, ArcGis, etc.)

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

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Other Information

None.