Exploring health topics in Chinese social media: An analysis of Sina Weibo

AAAI Workshop - Technical Report

Volumn WS-14-14, Issue , 2014, Pages 20-23

  Wang, Shiliang ^a   Paul, Michael J ^a   Dredze, Mark ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HEALTH; WORLD WIDE WEB;

MICROBLOGGING; PROBABILISTIC TOPIC MODELS; SINA-WEIBO; SOCIAL MEDIA;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84974855140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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