Title :
Gaining Insights into Epidemics by Mining Historical Newspapers
Author :
Ewing, E. Thomas ; Gad, Samah ; Ramakrishnan, N.
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2013.205
