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Table 4 Interpretation of statistics

From: Characterizing popularity dynamics of hot topics using micro-blogs spatio-temporal data

Statistics

Interpretation

\( f_{c} \)

Fraction of topics in the cluster

\( n \)

Total popularity of topic (over 1 month)

\( n_{48} \)

Popularity around the peak (48 h)

\( {{n_{48} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{n_{48} } n}} \right. \kern-0pt} n} \)

Popularity around the peak (48 h) to total popularity

\( n_{p} \)

Popularity at the peak (1 h)

\( {{n_{p} } \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{n_{p} } n}} \right. \kern-0pt} n} \)

The fraction of popularity at the peak (1 h)