• DocumentCode
    1758896
  • Title

    Gaining Insights into Epidemics by Mining Historical Newspapers

  • Author

    Ewing, E. Thomas ; Gad, Samah ; Ramakrishnan, N.

  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    41426
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    72
  • Abstract
    A collaborative project combines innovative algorithmic techniques with traditional textual analysis of newspapers to learn more about past health events, guiding preparedness for future crises.
  • Keywords
    data mining; diseases; medical computing; text analysis; algorithmic technique; epidemics; health event; historical newspaper mining; textual analysis; Cities and towns; Collaboration; Data handling; Data storage systems; Diseases; History; Information management; Spanish flu pandemic; data mining; discovery analytics; epidemiology; network analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2013.205
  • Filename
    6527265