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Saturday, February 07, 2015

Forecasting the Flu

In the CACM:  We did sensor work some time ago that addressed bioterror forecasting.   This is related work that leverages social networks.   " ... A research team at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) says it has refined and improved the predictions of Google Flu Trends (GFT).

The researchers report using social network analysis and combining the power of GFT's big data with traditional flu-monitoring data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ... " 

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