Detecting seasonal diseases through twitter and Natural Language processing
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posted on 2023-10-25, 20:48 authored by Yash DixitYash Dixit, Mariza ReisMariza Reis, Marlon Martins dos ReisMarlon Martins dos ReisResearch Question: Does the change in the frequency of words appearance in texts inform on seasonal events associated to illness?
Objective: Assess the variation of word frequency over six years to identify seasonal trends.
Approach: A set of common words associated to illness were used to assess the text; Monthly frequency of words were assessed across each year and frequecy profile among years compared to assess occurrence of “events”.
NZBIDA
Funding
MBIE SSIF New Zealand Bioeconomy in the Digital Age (NZBIDA)
History
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This is an open-access output. It may be copied and distributed in any medium or format in unadapted form only, provided the original author and source are credited.Publication date
2022-12-06Project number
- PRJ0126328
Language
- English
Does this contain Māori information or data?
- No
