Title :
Using Social Media to Predict Future Events with Agent-Based Markets
Author :
Bothos, Efthimios ; Apostolou, Dimitris ; Mentzas, Gregoris
Author_Institution :
Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece
Abstract :
Agents can exploit user-generated content available in social media by extracting user sentiments and assessments and using them to make informed transactions on the market.
Keywords :
Internet; multi-agent systems; social networking (online); agent based markets; future event prediction; informed transactions; social media; user generated content; user sentiments extraction; Awards activities; Contracts; Media; Motion pictures; Predictive models; Twitter; User-generated content; Academy Awards; Intelligent systems; decision support; intelligent agents; prediction markets;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2010.152
