The Use of Twitter to Predict the Level of Influenza Activity in the United States

by Naval Postgraduate School

Controlling the outbreak of epidemic diseases such as influenza has always been a concern for the United States. Traditional surveillance tools such as the ILINet and Virologic provide the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) with influenza surveillance statistics at a lag of 1 to 2 weeks. The CDC requires a tool that can forecastthe level of influenza activity.The rise in the popularity of social media websites such as Flickr, Twitter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505725933
• ISBN13: 9781505725933
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.5" x 11.0"