Social network analysis has emerged as a key technique in modern sociology, but has
recently gained a lot of interest in Web mining research, because of the advent and the …

Social networks, forums, and social media have emerged as global platforms for forming
and shaping opinions on a broad spectrum of topics like politics, sports, and entertainment …

Social news networks are an increasingly important method of proliferating information,
opinions and ideas. As the number of sites and users grows, so too do the possibilities for …

How to model the influence propagation accurately in social network is a critical and
challenge task. Although numerous attempts have been made for this topic, few of them …

Understanding the spread of influence and maximizing it through online social networks
lead to gain a lot of benefits for various practical applications such as viral marketing …

Social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook have recently emerged to play key roles in
crucial aspects of our lives. In this regard, the question of how to model the relationships …

The emergence of social media enables billions of people to share their content and in
doing so they influence others and are being influenced themselves. This virtual …

Understanding the behaviors of information propagation is essential for the effective
exploitation of social influence in social networks. However, few existing influence models …

There has been increasing interest in the artificial intelligence community for influencer
detection in recent years for its utility in singling out pertinent users within a large network of …

The measurement of influence in social networks has received a lot of attention in the data
mining community. Influence maximization refers to the process of finding influential users …