The parable of google flu: Traps in big data analysis

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6176, 2014, Pages 1203-1205

  Lazer, David ^a,b   Kennedy, Ryan ^a,c,d   King, Gary ^c   Vespignani, Alessandro ^a,c,e  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^e ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFLUENZA;

ALGORITHM; COMMON COLD; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H1N1; INTERNET; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL MEDIA; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROGNOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

UNITED STATES;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; OFFICE VISITS; PROGNOSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896056107     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1248506     Document Type: Short Survey

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