Reconstruction of Threaded Conversations in Online Discussion Forums

Proceedings of the 5th International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, ICWSM 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 26-33

  Aumayr, Erik ^a   Chan, Jeffrey ^a   Hayes, Conor ^a  

^a Lower Dangan   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE DISTRIBUTIONS; DISCUSSION BOARDS; INTERNET FORUMS; ONLINE DISCUSSION FORUMS; ONLINE DISCUSSIONS; ONLINE USERS; PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE; SIMPLE APPROACH;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84978111731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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