Table 1 Summary of the used data sets in the reviewed studies
From: A review of influenza detection and prediction through social networking sites
Method category | Method name | Study reference | SNS | Language | Timeframe | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Graph data mining | Graph data mining | [23] | English | Oct 2008 - March 2009 | US | |
Text mining | Historical patterns | [45] | Â | Â | Â | Â |
| Â | Co-occurrences | [44] | English | March 2009 - Jul 2009 | Â | |
Topic models | ATAM | [46] | English | May 2009 - Oct 2010 | US | |
| Â | ATAM+ | [47] | English | May 2009 - Oct 2010 | US | |
| Â | HFSTM | [48] | Â | Dec 2012 - Jan 2014 | South America | |
Machine learning | Neural network | [61] | Â | Jun 2009 - Dec 2009 | UK | |
| Â | SVM | [57] | English | Sep 2012 - May 2013 | US | |
| Â | Â | [56] | Â | Nov 2008 - Jun 2010 | Japan | |
| Â | Â | [59] | Portuguese | March 2010 - Feb 2012 | Portugal | |
| Â | Â | [58] | Chinese Sina | Chinese | Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 | China |
| Â | Â | [60] | English | May 2009 - Oct 2010 | US | |
| Â | Â | [55] | English | Nov 2011 - Feb 2015 | US | |
| Â | Prediction market using SVR | [64] | Â | April 2009 - Jun 2009 | Â | |
| Â | Naive Bayes | [63] | English | Oct 2015 - Nov 2015 | Ottawa | |
Math/Statistical models | SNEFT | [67] | Â | Oct 2009 - Oct 2010 | Â | |
| Â | ACF | [65] | English | Aug 2008 - Sep 2008 | Â | |
| Â | Numerical-based analysis (SEHA using BOW) | [68] | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Mechanistic disease models | Metpopulation model | [70] | Â | 2014-2015, 2015-2016 | US, Spain, Italy | |
| Â | Compartmental model | [35] | Â | Dec 2012 - Jan 2014 | South America | |
| Â | Agent-based model | [73] | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Keys/Documents filtration | Keys/Documents filtration | [74] | English | Sep 2009 - May 2010 | US |