Visualization of Online Discussion Forums

Mitja Trampuš, Marko Grobelnik
Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Pattern Analysis, PMLR 11:134-141, 2010.

Abstract

This paper describes a set of visualization tools which aid the understanding of discussion topics and trends in online discussion forums. The tools integrate into the forum’s web page, allowing for easy exploration of its contents. Three visualizations are presented: a visual browsing suggestions mechanism, a semantic “atlas” providing a thematic overview of larger forum segments, and a timeline displaying temporal evolution of forum topics. The underlying algorithms have very few language-dependent components. The software is operational and can be tested live on Slovene, Slovak and Hungarian pilot sites, containing up to 5 million forum posts.

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BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v11-trampus10a, title = {Visualization of Online Discussion Forums}, author = {Trampuš, Mitja and Grobelnik, Marko}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Pattern Analysis}, pages = {134--141}, year = {2010}, editor = {Diethe, Tom and Cristianini, Nello and Shawe-Taylor, John}, volume = {11}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, address = {Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK}, month = {01--03 Sep}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {http://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a/trampus10a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a.html}, abstract = {This paper describes a set of visualization tools which aid the understanding of discussion topics and trends in online discussion forums. The tools integrate into the forum’s web page, allowing for easy exploration of its contents. Three visualizations are presented: a visual browsing suggestions mechanism, a semantic “atlas” providing a thematic overview of larger forum segments, and a timeline displaying temporal evolution of forum topics. The underlying algorithms have very few language-dependent components. The software is operational and can be tested live on Slovene, Slovak and Hungarian pilot sites, containing up to 5 million forum posts.} }
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%0 Conference Paper %T Visualization of Online Discussion Forums %A Mitja Trampuš %A Marko Grobelnik %B Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Pattern Analysis %C Proceedings of Machine Learning Research %D 2010 %E Tom Diethe %E Nello Cristianini %E John Shawe-Taylor %F pmlr-v11-trampus10a %I PMLR %P 134--141 %U https://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a.html %V 11 %X This paper describes a set of visualization tools which aid the understanding of discussion topics and trends in online discussion forums. The tools integrate into the forum’s web page, allowing for easy exploration of its contents. Three visualizations are presented: a visual browsing suggestions mechanism, a semantic “atlas” providing a thematic overview of larger forum segments, and a timeline displaying temporal evolution of forum topics. The underlying algorithms have very few language-dependent components. The software is operational and can be tested live on Slovene, Slovak and Hungarian pilot sites, containing up to 5 million forum posts.
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TY - CPAPER TI - Visualization of Online Discussion Forums AU - Mitja Trampuš AU - Marko Grobelnik BT - Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Pattern Analysis DA - 2010/09/30 ED - Tom Diethe ED - Nello Cristianini ED - John Shawe-Taylor ID - pmlr-v11-trampus10a PB - PMLR DP - Proceedings of Machine Learning Research VL - 11 SP - 134 EP - 141 L1 - http://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a/trampus10a.pdf UR - https://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a.html AB - This paper describes a set of visualization tools which aid the understanding of discussion topics and trends in online discussion forums. The tools integrate into the forum’s web page, allowing for easy exploration of its contents. Three visualizations are presented: a visual browsing suggestions mechanism, a semantic “atlas” providing a thematic overview of larger forum segments, and a timeline displaying temporal evolution of forum topics. The underlying algorithms have very few language-dependent components. The software is operational and can be tested live on Slovene, Slovak and Hungarian pilot sites, containing up to 5 million forum posts. ER -
APA
Trampuš, M. & Grobelnik, M.. (2010). Visualization of Online Discussion Forums. Proceedings of the First Workshop on Applications of Pattern Analysis, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 11:134-141 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v11/trampus10a.html.

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