TopicSketch: Real-time Bursty Topic Detection from Twitter

• Main Authors: XIE, Wei, ZHU, Feida, JIANG, Jing, LIM, Ee Peng, WANG, Ke
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: TopicSketch; tweet stream; bursty topic; realtime; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2115; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3114/viewcontent/TopicSketch_Real_timeBurstyTopicDetectionTwitter.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Twitter has become one of the largest platforms for users around the world to share anything happening around them with friends and beyond. A bursty topic in Twitter is one that triggers a surge of relevant tweets within a short time, which often reflects important events of mass interest. How to lev...