Modeling the dynamics of medical information through web forums in medical industry

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 97, Issue , 2015, Pages 77-90

  Woo, Jiyoung ^a   Lee, Min Jung ^b   Ku, Yungchang ^c   Chen, Hsinchun ^d  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Sejong Cyber University   (South Korea)

^c CENTRAL POLICE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epidemic model; Foresight support system for medical industry; Informational emotional support; Medical web forum

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TEXT MINING;

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE; DYNAMIC MECHANISM; EPIDEMIC MODELING; MEDICAL INDUSTRIES; MEDICAL INFORMATION; TIME SERIES PATTERNS; WEB FORUM ANALYSIS; WEB FORUMS;

NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES;

EID: 84930820737     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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