Managing the data deluge: Twitter as a tool for ecological research

Mongabay
Oct 1, 2018, 10:18 pm329 pts
As early as 2009-10, researchers were looking at Twitter data mining as a way to predict the incidence of flu. At the time, the H1N1 virus, or “swine flu,” had made the jump from swine to humans and arrived in the United States. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) took notice and began sponsoring research.…

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