Opinion mining is an interesting area of research because of its applications in various
fields. Collecting opinions of people about products and about social and political events …

Public sector institutions that consult citizens to inform decision-making face the challenge of
evaluating the contributions made by citizens. This evaluation has important democratic …

E-participation enables citizens to have an impact on policy-making through electronic
means. Two of the most popular channels are social media and dedicated e-participation …

Purpose–The purpose of this study is to develop a novel approach to e-participation, which
is based on “passive crowdsourcing” by government agencies, exploiting the extensive …

Described is the research concerning the systematic, intensive and centralized web 2.0
social media exploitation by government agencies for widening and enhancing participative …

The conformation of opinion in a society is analyzed in diverse studies, following diverse
perspectives, methods and tools. Previous studies are basically descriptive, predictive, and …

Smart cities refer to the application of information and communication technologies to
improve the quality of life of citizens. Smart city projects may fail if citizens do not actively …

Crowdsourcing ideas have been developed and initially applied in the private sector, first in
the creative and design industries, and subsequently in many other industries, aiming to …

Background: In this digital era, there is a growing tendency to use the popular Internet site
YouTube as a new electronic-learning (e-learning) means for continuing medical education …

Abstract Machine learning offers promising capabilities to improve administrative
procedures. At the same time, adequate training of models using traditional learning …