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Title: Reinforcement Learning-based Counter-Misinformation Response Generation: A Case Study of COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation
Award ID(s):
2154118
PAR ID:
10500303
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ACM
Date Published:
ISBN:
9781450394161
Page Range / eLocation ID:
2698 to 2709
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Austin TX USA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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