Table 1 Detected Events
From: Big data would not lie: prediction of the 2016 Taiwan election via online heterogeneous information
Tsai Ing-wen | Eric Chu | James Soong | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark | Event | Mark | Event | Mark | Event |
E1 | Xi-Ma Meeting | E9 | Xi-Ma Meeting | E16 | Xi-Ma Meeting |
E2 | Negative comments written in Simplified Chinese spam Tsai Ing-wen’s Facebook homepage | E10 | Eric Chu announces Wang Ju-hsuan as his running mate | E17 | James Soong takes part in the commemoration of Sun-Yat-sen |
E3 | Tsai Ing-wen announces Chen Chien-jen as her running mate | E11 | Eric Chu names Hu Chih-chiang the manager of his campaign | E18 | James Soong announces Hsu Hsin-ying as his running mate |
E4 | Tsai Ing-wen becomes the cover star of the Economist | E12 | Kao Wan-ching, Eric Chu’s wife, canvasses for him | E19 | James Soong attends the business forum |
E5 | The verdict of Ting Hsin International Group arouses the strong dissatisfaction of the public | E13 | Television debates | E20 | Television debates |
E6 | Tsai Ing-wen is accused of speculation on land | E14 | Eric Chu proposes that the party holding the majority in the new Legislature is allowed to form a new cabinet | E21 | Chou Tzu-yu flag incident |
E7 | Television debates | E15 | Chou Tzu-yu flag incident | ||
E8 | Chou Tzu-yu flag incident | ||||