Extract Knowledge from Social Networks

Extract Knowledge from Social Networks

Efstathiades, H.A.

Bozzon, A. (mentor)
Houben, G.J.P.M. (mentor)

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

Computer Science

Web Information Systems

2014-01-10

The knowledge extraction using data retrieved from Online Social Networks is mainly done through a manual-programming procedure with the use of Application Programming Interfaces. However, the majority of social science researchers has usually low programming experience. Thus, the procedure from data retrieval to knowledge extraction is not a trivial task for them. With this research we aim in the development of a framework that provides the researcher who has low programming experience with the ability of extracting knowledge from information that is mainly available in Online Social Networking platforms. Additionally, we present a case study where we evaluate the existing framework by extracting knowledge for a private organization from a professional social network, contributing new insights to the study of social networks.

social networks
knowledge extraction

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4681f604-ef07-4ac8-86bf-42257e6c96ed

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2014 Efstathiades, H.A.