Published on in Vol 21, No 6 (2019): June

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/13803, first published .
A Machine Learning Approach for the Detection and Characterization of Illicit Drug Dealers on Instagram: Model Evaluation Study

A Machine Learning Approach for the Detection and Characterization of Illicit Drug Dealers on Instagram: Model Evaluation Study

A Machine Learning Approach for the Detection and Characterization of Illicit Drug Dealers on Instagram: Model Evaluation Study

Jiawei Li   1, 2 , MS ;   Qing Xu   1, 2 , MAS ;   Neal Shah   2 , BS ;   Tim K Mackey   1, 2, 3, 4 , MAS, PhD

1 Department of Healthcare Research and Policy, University of California - San Diego, Extension, La Jolla, CA, United States

2 Global Health Policy Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States

3 Department of Anesthesiology, University of California - San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States

4 Division of Infectious Disease and Global Public Health, University of California - San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, CA, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Tim K Mackey, MAS, PhD
  • Department of Anesthesiology
  • University of California - San Diego, School of Medicine
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  • Email: tmackey@ucsd.edu