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5BCMF  'BDUPS DPOUSJCVUJPO BOBMZTJT PO UISFF EBUB TFUT  Data set Factors used Accuracy Precision Recall F1-score Attributes 77.1 71.1 59.8 64.9 + Co-advisor 83.5 80.9 69.8 75.0 (+10.1%) Publication + Co-advisee 83.1 79.7 70.2 74.7 (+9.8%) All 92.7 91.4 87.7 89.5(+24.6%) Attributes 80.1 79.5 81.2 80.3 + Co-recipient 80.8 81.5 79.7 80.6 (+0.3%) Email + Co-manager 83.1 82.8 83.5 83.2 (+2.9%) + Co-subordinate 85.0 84.4 85.7 85.0 (+4.7%) All 88.0 88.6 87.2 87.9 (+7.6%) Attributes 81.8 88.6 73.3 80.2 + Co-location 82.2 89.2 73.3 80.4 (+0.2%) Mobile + Related-call 81.8 88.6 73.3 80.2 (+0.0%) All 83.1 89.4 75.2 81.6 (+1.4%)

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