Data Collection
Data collection is the base of scientific research process. In this chapter, we introduced data types and sources, data collection and tools in detail.
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Social Computing with Artificial Intelligence
Social Computing with Artificial Intelligence
Xun Liang
Social Computing with Artificial Intelligence
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Xun Liang School of Information Renmin University of China Beijing, China
ISBN 978-981-15-7759-8 ISBN 978-981-15-7760-4 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-7760-4
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Preface
Over recent years, the social network platform has seen unprecedented rapid development. These network platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, Sina Weibo, Wechat, Netease News) not only gather a large number of users, but also provide huge potential user resources. These user resources promote the production of massive data sets in the field of business and scientific research, which are of vital significance for analyzing social group behavior and exploring potential huge social value. Therefore, a new discipline emerged at the historic moment—social computing. As a new interdisciplinary research field, social computing, there is no recognized definition at present. However, we can analyze concepts from the background of social computing and generalize social computing as “using social methods to calculate society.” The so-called socialization method is a method that centers on “grass-roots” users and relies on “grass-roots” users. It is a method of synergy and swarm intelligence, a mode of thinking from individual to whole, from micro to macro. M
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