@article{Nsoesie_Buckeridge_Brownstein_2013, title={Who’s Not Coming to Dinner? Evaluating Trends in Online Restaurant Reservations for Outbreak Surveillance}, volume={5}, url={https://ojphi.org/ojs/index.php/ojphi/article/view/4568}, DOI={10.5210/ojphi.v5i1.4568}, abstractNote={The objective of this study is to evaluate whether trends in online restaurant table reservations can be used as an early indicator for a disease outbreak. We monitored table availability using OpenTable; an online restaurant table reservation site for cities in the USA and Mexico. We searched for available tables for lunch between 12-3:30pm and dinner between 6-10:30pm. Using time series analysis methods, we elucidated and compared the time series data of table availabilities to data collected for various disease outbreaks.}, number={1}, journal={Online Journal of Public Health Informatics}, author={Nsoesie, Elaine O. and Buckeridge, David L. and Brownstein, John S.}, year={2013}, month={Mar.} }