Purdue University Purdue e-Pubs Open Access Theses Theses and Dissertations 12-2016 An event detection approach based on Twitter hashtags Shih-Feng Yang Purdue University Follow this and additional works at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses Recommended Citation Yang, Shih-Feng, "An event detection approach based on Twitter hashtags" (2016). Open Access Theses. 909. https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/open_access_theses/909 This document has been made available through Purdue e-Pubs, a service of the Purdue University Libraries. Please contact
[email protected] for additional information. AN EVENT DETECTION APPROACH BASED ON TWITTER HASHTAGS A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Purdue University by Shih-Feng Yang In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science December 2016 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Graduate School Form 30 Updated 12/26/2015 PURDUE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL Thesis/Dissertation Acceptance This is to certify that the thesis/dissertation prepared By Shih-Feng Yang Entitled AN EVENT DETECTION APPROACH BASED ON TWITTER HASHTAGS For the degree of Master of Science Is approved by the final examining committee: Julia Taylor Chair John Springer Brandeis Marshall To the best of my knowledge and as understood by the student in the Thesis/Dissertation Agreement, Publication Delay, and Certification Disclaimer (Graduate School Form 32), this thesis/dissertation adheres to the provisions of Purdue University’s “Policy of Integrity in Research” and the use of copyright material. Approved