@article{e63374eae97c4514af879978a0f0a2f1,
title = "An integrated framework for avatar data collection from the virtual world",
abstract = "To mine the rich social media data produced in virtual worlds, an integrated framework combines bot- and spider-based approaches to collect avatar behavioral and profile data.",
keywords = "Second Life, avatar activity, avatar profile, data collection, gender differences, virtual worlds",
author = "Yulei Zhang and Ximing Yu and Yan Dang and Hsinchun Chen",
note = "Funding Information: This work is supported by the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Computer and Network Systems (CNS) Program under grants CNS-0709338 (September 2007 to August 2010) and HDTRA1-09-1-0058 (July 2009 to July 2012). Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or DoD. This research was partly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under grants 70890084 and 90924302 and the Ministry of Science and Technology of China through grant 2006AA010106.",
year = "2010",
month = nov,
doi = "10.1109/MIS.2010.138",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "25",
pages = "17--23",
journal = "IEEE Intelligent Systems",
issn = "1541-1672",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
number = "6",
}