Strategic network formation in a location-based social network: a topic modeling approach

GM Lee, L Qiu, AB Whinston - 2016 49th Hawaii International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies strategic network formation in a location-based social network. We build
a structural model of social link creation that incorporates individual characteristics and …

A friend like me: Modeling network formation in a location-based social network

GM Lee, L Qiu, AB Whinston - Journal of Management Information …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This article studies the strategic network formation in a location-based social network. We
build an empirical model of social link creation that incorporates individual characteristics …

Proximity-driven social interactions and their impact on the throughput scaling of wireless networks

A Dabirmoghaddam… - 2014 IEEE 33rd …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an analytical framework to investigate the interplay between a communication
graph and an overlay of social relationships. We focus on geographical distance as the key …

Using proximity and homophily to connect conference attendees in a mobile social network

A Chin, B Xu, F Yin, X Wang, W Wang… - 2012 32nd …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In an academic conference, it is difficult to find people that share similar research interests
with you, and it is also a chore to add them into your personal online social network for later …

A place-focused model for social networks in cities

C Brown, A Noulas, C Mascolo… - … Conference on Social …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The focused organization theory of social ties proposes that the structure of human social
networks can be arranged around extra-network foci, which can include shared physical …

Examining place categories for link prediction in location based social networks

AE Bayrak, F Polat - … on Advances in Social Networks Analysis …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The day mankind met with smartphones, a new era started. Since then, daily mobile internet
usage rates are increasing everyday and people have developed new habits like frequently …

Modeling socialness in dynamic social networks

TA Hoang, EP Lim, P Achananuparp… - … on Advances in …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Socialness refers to the ability to elicit social interaction and social links among people. It is
a concept often associated with individuals. Although there are tangible benefits in …

Mining emerging user-centered network structures in location-based social networks

K Pelechrinis, T Lappas - 2014 IEEE Conference on Computer …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The digitization of social networks has enabled the passive collection of large scale data,
which in turn have fostered social studies that have been traditionally dependent on small …

A study of information diffusion over a realistic social network model

A Apolloni, K Channakeshava… - 2009 International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sociological models of human behavior can explain population-level phenomena within
social systems; computer modeling can simulate a wide variety of scenarios and allow one …

Link formation in undergraduate students friendship network

Z Kun, Z Guangyi, Z Deshun, Y Jun… - … , Economic, and Socio …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Link formation is the foundation for understanding, analyzing and modeling friendship
networks. We analyzed a friendship network comprising 190 students at Northwest …