Estimating sequential bias in online reviews: A Kalman filtering approach

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 314-321

  Sikora, Riyaz T ^a   Chauhan, Kriti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Kalman filter; Mining consumer reviews; Online ratings; Reviewer bias; Sequential bias

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC MARKETPLACES; KALMAN-FILTERING; KNOWLEDGE BASE SYSTEM; ONLINE COMMERCE; PANEL DATA; PRODUCT REVIEWS; REVIEWER BIAS; SEQUENTIAL BIAS;

ESTIMATION; FILTRATION; INTERNET; KALMAN FILTERS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84855980426     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2011.10.011     Document Type: Article

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