Date of Graduation
12-2015
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Degree Level
Undergraduate
Department
Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Advisor/Mentor
Gashler, Michael
Committee Member/Reader
Gauch, Susan
Committee Member/Second Reader
Sullivan, Kelly
Abstract
This paper explores the value of information contained in spam tweets as it pertains to prediction accuracy. As a case study, tweets discussing Bitcoin were collected and used to predict the rise and fall of Bitcoin value. Precision of prediction both with and without spam tweets, as identified by a naive Bayesian spam filter, were measured. Results showed a minor increase in accuracy when spam tweets were included, indicating that spam messages likely contain information valuable for prediction of market fluctuations.
Citation
Anderson, S. C. (2015). The Information of Spam. Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/csceuht/34
