Tracking the flu pandemic by monitoring the social web

2010 2nd International Workshop on Cognitive Information Processing, CIP2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 411-416

  Lampos, Vasileios ^a   Cristianini, Nello ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMONLY USED; EARLY DETECTION; FLU PANDEMIC; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; GEOLOCATIONS; HEALTH PROTECTION; LINEAR CORRELATION; MONITORING ACTIVITIES; MONITORING TOOLS; PANDEMIC INFLUENZA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL WEBS; STATISTICAL INFORMATION; TIME INTERVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

DATA PROCESSING;

MONITORING;

EID: 78349278107     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIP.2010.5604088     Document Type: Conference Paper

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