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Table 6 Feature importance in the node placement classifier and the size prediction regression model at k = 2 and k = 5, both for the Twitter CVE dataset

From: On the challenges of predicting microscopic dynamics of online conversations

Feature

Node

Size (k=2)

Size (k=5)

Global

Current size

0.029

–

–

Depth

–

0.0

0.005

Root edges

–

0.0

0.11

Recent edges

–

0.0

0.0

Parent delay (mean, median)

–

0.0, 0.0

0.083, 0.082

Node

Node index

0.54

–

–

Node depth

0.28

–

–

Node parent delay

0.013

–

–

Subtree size

0.021

–

–

#Children

0.043

–

–

#Grandchildren

0.008

–

–

#Siblings

0.012

–

–

#Cousins

0.002

–

–

#Uncles

0.002

–

–

User (mean and median over conversations initiated by the user)

Max breadth

0, 0

–

–

Depth

0.003, 0.002

–

–

\(1{\text {st}}\) Breadth

\(<10^{-3}\), 0

–

–

Lifetime

0, 0

–

–

Size

\(<10^{-3}\), \(<10^{-3}\)

–

–

Root edges

\(<10^{-3}\), \(<10^{-3}\)

–

–

Recent edges

0.011, 0.011

–

–

#Posts

0

–

–

Content (25 features, range given))

Root text

0–0.002

0–0.21

0–0.12

Temporal

Response time (mean, median)

–

0.02, 0.006

0.028, 0.009

\(1{\text {st}}\) Response time

–

0.43

0.028

Root time of day

\(<10^{-3}\)

0.012

0.009

Root day of week

0

0.0

0.0