A University of the Western Cape computer science student has shown that Twitter can be used to pinpoint hijacking hotspots in South Africa.
Western Cape computer science student has shown that Twitter posts can be used to develop a map that pinpoints hijacking hotspots, and now he’s planning to turn it into an app for the general public.
“A social media platform like Twitter offers a constant flow of real-time information. Using this stream of up-to-date data, it’s possible to plot visibly the occurrence of hijackings on a map, that can then be used to inform other users, notify emergency responders and even help law enforcement create incident reports,” Patel said.
“The MLFNN technique achieved 98.99% accuracy in determining the validity of tweets as hijacking reports. This is an extremely encouraging result and proves that we can successfully use social media data to develop a map that indicates hijacking hotspots,” said Patel.
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