Data Technologies and Applications: Volume 53 Issue 4

An approach for fault prediction in SOA-based systems using machine learning techniques

Guru Prasad Bhandari, Ratneshwer Gupta, Satyanshu Kumar Upadhyay

Software fault prediction is an important concept that can be applied at an early stage of the software life cycle. Effective prediction of faults may improve the reliability and…

Data science from a library and information science perspective

Sirje Virkus, Emmanouel Garoufallou

Data science is a relatively new field which has gained considerable attention in recent years. This new field requires a wide range of knowledge and skills from different…

Examining users’ knowledge sharing behaviour in online health communities

Tao Zhou

The purpose of this paper is to draw on the stimulus-organism-response (SOR) framework to examine users’ knowledge sharing in online health communities (OHC).

Extracting core questions in community question answering based on particle swarm optimization

Ming Li, Lisheng Chen, Yingcheng Xu

A large number of questions are posted on community question answering (CQA) websites every day. Providing a set of core questions will ease the question overload problem. These…

Generalised grey target decision method based on the Gini–Simpson index involving mixed attributes and uncertain numbers

Jinshan Ma

The purpose of this paper is to investigate a novel generalised grey target decision method (GGTDM) with index and weight involving mixed attribute values.

Combating the challenges of social media hate speech in a polarized society: A Twitter ego lexalytics approach

Collins Udanor, Chinatu C. Anyanwu

Hate speech in recent times has become a troubling development. It has different meanings to different people in different cultures. The anonymity and ubiquity of the social media…

Joint-angle-based yoga posture recognition for prevention of falls among older people

Ponmozhi Chezhiyan, Deepalakshmi P.

United Nations’ World Population Ageing Report states that falls are one of the most common problems in the elderly around the world. Falls are a leading cause of morbidity and…

An assessment of forerunners for customer loyalty in the selected financial sector by SEM approach toward their effect on business

Subhankar Das, Anand Nayyar, Inderpal Singh

The purpose of this paper is to identify and describe the relationship between the precursors and consequences of customer loyalty (CL) in the Indian financial sector, specially…

An innovative citation recommendation model for draft papers with varying degrees of information completeness

Yen-Liang Chen, Cheng-Hsiung Weng, Cheng-Kui Huang, Duo-Jia Shih

As researchers are writing a draft paper with incomplete structure or text, one of burdensome tasks is to deliberate about which references should be cited for one sentence or…