NesTPP: Modeling Thread Dynamics in Online Discussion Forums

Chen Ling; Guangmo Tong; M. Chen

DOI:10.1145/3372923.3404796

Corpus ID: 212718003

NesTPP: Modeling Thread Dynamics in Online Discussion Forums

@article{Ling2020NesTPPMT,
  title={NesTPP: Modeling Thread Dynamics in Online Discussion Forums},
  author={Chen Ling and Guangmo Tong and M. Chen},
  journal={Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media},
  year={2020}
}

Chen Ling, Guangmo Tong, M. Chen

Published 2020

Computer Science

Proceedings of the 31st ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media

Online discussion forum creates an asynchronous conversation environment for online users to exchange ideas and share opinions through a unique thread-reply communication mode. Accurately modeling information dynamics under such a mode is important, as it provides a means of mining latent spread patterns and understanding user behaviors. In this paper, we design a novel temporal point process model to characterize information cascades in online discussion forums. The proposed model views the… CONTINUE READING

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