
Chapter 5
Big Data and Information
Distillation in Social Sensing
Dong Wang
CONTENTS
Abstract .................................................................................. 121
5.1 Age of Big Data in Social Sensing ................................................. 122
5.2 A Multidisciplinary Background of Social Sensing ................................. 123
5.3 State of the Art ................................................................... 125
5.3.1 Discount data fusion ...................................................... 125
5.3.2 Trust and reputation systems .............................................. 125
5.3.3 Fact-finding techniques