A restricted black-box adversarial framework towards attacking graph embedding models

H Chang, Y Rong, T Xu, W Huang, H Zhang… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - ojs.aaai.org
With the great success of graph embedding model on both academic and industry area, the
robustness of graph embedding against adversarial attack inevitably becomes a central …

A multi-feature diffusion model: Rumor blocking in social networks

J Guo, T Chen, W Wu - IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online social networks provide a convenient platform for the spread of rumors, which could
lead to serious aftermaths such as economic losses and public panic. The classical rumor …

[PDF][PDF] The role of age distribution and family structure on covid-19 dynamics: A preliminary modeling assessment for hubei and lombardy

B Wilder, M Charpignon, JA Killian, HC Ou… - Available at …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Background: The COVID-19 outbreak has already caused significant mortality worldwide. As
the epidemic accelerates, understanding the transmission dynamics of COVID-19 is crucial …

Combinatorial trace method for network immunization

M Ahmad, S Ali, J Tariq, I Khan, M Shabbir… - Information Sciences, 2020 - Elsevier
Immunizing a subset of nodes in a network-enabling them to identify and withstand the
spread of harmful content-is one of the most effective ways to counter the spread of …

Boosting node activity by recommendations in social networks

W Yang, S Chen, S Gao, R Yan - Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, 2020 - Springer
In a social network, the propagation of information has sparked intense research. Influence
Maximization (IM) is a well-studied problem that asks for k nodes to influence the largest …

Inducing equilibria in networked public goods games through network structure modification

D Kempe, S Yu, Y Vorobeychik - arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.10627, 2020 - arxiv.org
Networked public goods games model scenarios in which self-interested agents decide
whether or how much to invest in an action that benefits not only themselves, but also their …

On the information unfairness of social networks

ZS Jalali, W Wang, M Kim, H Raghavan… - Proceedings of the 2020 …, 2020 - SIAM
Social networks play a vital role in the spread of information through a population, and
individuals in networks make important life decisions on the basis of the information to which …

[PDF][PDF] Designing effective and practical interventions to contain epidemics

P Sambaturu, B Adhikari, BA Prakash… - Proceedings of the 19th …, 2020 - par.nsf.gov
Vaccination is a standard public health intervention for controlling the spread of epidemics.
However, the supply of vaccines is typically limited, and therefore, their deployment needs to …

Adaptive diffusion of sensitive information in online social networks

X Wu, L Fu, H Long, D Yang, Y Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cascading of sensitive information such as private contents and rumors is a severe
issue in online social networks. One approach for limiting the cascading of sensitive …

Approximate algorithms for data-driven influence limitation

S Medya, A Silva, A Singh - IEEE Transactions on Knowledge …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Online social networks have become major battlegrounds for political campaigns, viral
marketing, and the dissemination of news. As a consequence,“bad actors” are increasingly …