Researchers Predict Twitter Trends With 95% Accuracy [STUDY]
Mashable Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:56 PM PDT
Researchers at MIT say they've created an algorithm for Twitter that predicts trending topics better than the site's existing equation. Associate Professor Devavrat Shah and student Stanislav Nikolov say their new algorithm predicts trending topics with 95% accuracy an average of 90 minutes faster than Twitter -- sometimes, as early as five hours before. SEE ALSO: ShadowMe App Lets You Pretend ... |
Insurers' reserves should cover Sandy damage
San Francisco Chronicle Thu, 01 Nov 2012 17:10 PM PDT
Insurers' reserves should cover Sandy damage Premiums written, or the amount insurers charge policy holders for coverage, have been trending up for five years as the number of new homeowners rose and risks increased amid tropical storms, nor'easters and record snowfall. In Greenwich, William R. Berkley, chief executive officer and chairman of the insurance holding company W.R. Berkley Corp ... |
Science Can Predict Twitter's Trending Topics; Light from Dead Stars
The Atlantic Wire Thu, 01 Nov 2012 16:19 PM PDT
Discovered: Twitter memes foreseen with 95 percent certainty; detecting light from extinguished stars; sea levels rising faster than previously thought; deepest supernova observed. Related Stories Beauty Tips from Protoplanet Vesta; Hypnotize Those Hot Flashes Away For a Second We Had to Imagine Life Without Gmail Facebook Wants to Take Down Craigslist, Again Court Didn't Find Apple's Non ... |
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