@inproceedings{e14513de1dea451dba6a76ce880f64d5,
title = "Simulation-Based Prediction and Analysis of Collective Emotional States",
abstract = "The emergence of aggressive behaviour in crowds is not uncommon and is typically unpredictable and difficult to control. Since the availability of guardians for the prevention of aggression is typically limited, it would be useful if the emergence of unwanted behaviour could somehow be predicted. This paper presents a novel approach to predict the emergence of aggressive behaviour in crowds, based on a combination of sentiment analysis and agent-based simula‐ tion. The main idea is to use information from social media (in particular Twitter), analyse the sentiment of the messages and feed the resulting sentiments into a simulation model of social contagion. Based on these simulations, the system should be able to predict when and where unwanted behaviour will occur.",
keywords = "Agent-based modeling, Crime prevention, Emotions, Prediction, Sentiment analysis, Social contagion, Social media",
author = "{van Breda}, Ward and Charlotte Gerritsen",
year = "2015",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-20367-6_13",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783319203669",
volume = "9182",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer/Verlag",
pages = "118--126",
booktitle = "Social Computing and Social Media - 7th International Conference, SCSM 2015 Held as Part of HCI International 2015, Proceedings",
note = "17th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM 2015) ; Conference date: 02-08-2015 Through 07-08-2015",
}