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A novel algorithm for estimation of Twitter users location using public available information

Open Access
|Jul 2020

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

A series of KNIME nodes that used in our data gathering and analyzing processes.
A series of KNIME nodes that used in our data gathering and analyzing processes.

Figure 2:

The total number of users.
The total number of users.

Figure 3:

Samples of values for FrLoc (friends location) and FLLoc (followers location) of the friends and followers of 20 randomly Twitter users from five different countries.
Samples of values for FrLoc (friends location) and FLLoc (followers location) of the friends and followers of 20 randomly Twitter users from five different countries.

Figure 4:

Samples of values for FrLG (friends language) and FLLG (followers language) of the friends and followers of 20 randomly Twitter users from five different countries.
Samples of values for FrLG (friends language) and FLLG (followers language) of the friends and followers of 20 randomly Twitter users from five different countries.

The used words in each country_

CountrySample keyword for search
USA‘USA’, ‘health’
Spain‘Spain’, ‘moda’
Turkey‘Turkey’, ‘moda’
France‘France’, ‘paris’
Saudi Arabia’, ‘

Comparison between the accuracy of the proposed algorithm in different countries_

CountryAccuracy
USA90%
Turkey98%
Spain94%
Saudi Arabia86%
France96%

Samples of location keywords that used to classify the countries of Twitter users_

CountrySample keywords
USAUSA – Miami – Los Angeles – California – Chicago – Houston
FranceFrance – Landau –Melnibone – Bordeaux – Tours – Lyon – Paris – Nice
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia – Dammam –-
TurkeyTurkey – Istanbul – Izmir – Samsun – Adana – Antalya – Ankara
SpainSpain – Barcelona – Madrid – Agitando – Granada – Barna

Comparison between the accuracy of the proposed algorithm and previous algorithms_

AlgorithmNo. of countryAccuracy
Huang et al. (2014) 183.8%
Culotta et al. (2015) 190%
Abbas et al. (2017) 490%
Proposed592.8%

Example for determining the best predicted country using proposed algorithm_

CountryFrLocFLLocFrLGFLLGSum
Turkey0.40.30.50.41.6
USA0.20.30.30.41.2
Spain0.10.20.20.10.6
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 10
Submitted on: Dec 10, 2019
Published on: Jul 9, 2020
Published by: Professor Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2020 Yasser Almadany, Khalid Mohammed Saffer, Ahmed K. Jameil, Saad Albawi, published by Professor Subhas Chandra Mukhopadhyay
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