Machine Learning Techniques to Predict Pandemic from Social Media

2018

Master's thesis Information- and communication technology IKT590 - University of Agder 2018 In recent years, there has been a particular focus on improving public health through the means of prediction and preparedness of pandemic diseases. Early detection, prediction, and analysis of disease outbreaks allow the authority agencies to mitigate the side effects of Pandemic and immune the people. Nowadays, social media such as Twitter or Facebook play a vital role in the crisis situation. By means of social media, people from all over the world can be aware of the recent pandemic outbreaks. In fact, the mainstream adoption of social media in people daily life has caused a paradigm shift in how…