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Table 6 Interpretation of statistics

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

Statistics

Interpretation

\( f_{c} \)

The proportion of topic in the cluster

\( p_{\hbox{max} } \)

The maximum probability of topic in the cluster

\( p_{\hbox{min} } \)

The minimum probability of topic in the cluster

\( p_{ave} \)

The average probability of topic in the cluster

\( \beta_{\hbox{max} } \)

The maximum exponent of topic in the cluster

\( \beta_{\hbox{min} } \)

The minimum exponent of topic in the cluster

\( \beta_{ave} \)

The average exponent of topic in the cluster