Using PageRank for Detecting the Attraction between Participants and Topics in a Conversation

Costin Chiru, Traian Rebedea, Adriana Erbaru

2014

Abstract

In this paper we present a novel approach that uses the well-known PageRank algorithm for assessing multi-threaded chat conversations. As online conversations can be modelled as directed graphs, we have investigated a method for allowing a real-time analysis of the conversation using PageRank by computing the ranks of the utterances based on the explicit and implicit links available in the discussion. This model has been also extended to offer a method for computing connections between the debated topics and the chat participants and between each of the debated topics in the conversation, called the participant-topic and the topic-topic attraction. The results presented in this paper are promising, but also reflect several important differences between the existent offline analysis tools for chats and the PageRank method.

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Chiru C., Rebedea T. and Erbaru A. (2014). Using PageRank for Detecting the Attraction between Participants and Topics in a Conversation . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-023-9, pages 294-301. DOI: 10.5220/0004798202940301


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@conference{webist14,
author={Costin Chiru and Traian Rebedea and Adriana Erbaru},
title={Using PageRank for Detecting the Attraction between Participants and Topics in a Conversation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2014},
pages={294-301},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004798202940301},
isbn={978-989-758-023-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - Using PageRank for Detecting the Attraction between Participants and Topics in a Conversation
SN - 978-989-758-023-9
AU - Chiru C.
AU - Rebedea T.
AU - Erbaru A.
PY - 2014
SP - 294
EP - 301
DO - 10.5220/0004798202940301