Causal inference in social media using convergent cross mapping

Proceedings - 2014 IEEE Joint Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference, JISIC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 260-263

  Luo, Chuan ^a   Zheng, Xiaolong ^a   Zeng, Daniel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; nonlinear dynamic system; social media; user influence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DYNAMICS; MAPPING; NONLINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

CAUSAL INFERENCES; COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS; NONLINEAR NATURE; NONLINEAR STATE SPACE; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; SOCIAL MEDIA; USER INFLUENCES; USER INTERACTION MODELING;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84920285150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/JISIC.2014.50     Document Type: Conference Paper

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