Web 2.0 and Beyond: Principles and Technologies draws on the author's iceberg model of
Web 2.0, which places the social Web at the tip of the iceberg underpinned by a framework …

Social media, a buzz term in the modern world, refers to various online platforms like social
networks, forums, blogs and blog comments, microblogs, wikis, media sharing platforms …

We provide a model for diffusion of interests in Social Networks (SNs). We demonstrate that
the topology of the SN plays a crucial role in the dynamics of the individual interests …

Business Intelligence (BI) applications have been gradually ported to the Web in search of a
global platform for the consumption and publication of data and services. On the Internet …

The advent of Web 2.0, also called the Social Web, has changed the way people interact
with the Web. Assisted by the technologies associated with this new trend, users now play a …

Abstract [eng] The aim of this dissertation is to explore e-social networks formed in the new
social media, the main characteristics and virtual activities of their participants. In order to …

Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Web Mining (WM) techniques are being applied to study
the structures of social networks in order to manage their dynamics and predict their …

Abstract Research in the Semantic Web, especially in modeling virtual communities, has
provided models useful to represent the richness of these social network interactions. The …

In this work, three techniques for the mathematical modelling of a piezoelectric actuated thin
panel, namely the finite element method, a Lagrange Rayleigh—Ritz method, and a …

In this paper, we are interested in the management of knowledge on the dynamics of pests
and the phenology of cotton plant. This issue is a serious concern for the cotton sector in …