The decision making environment has been dramatically affected by rapid developments in
society and the economy. Large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) based on social …

As communications are progressing, transport networks need to be monitored, more
specifically, camera surveillance of violations is needed. Standards are being developed on …

We introduce collective decision-making models associated with influence spread under the
linear threshold model in social networks. We define the oblivious and the non-oblivious …

Opinion leaders are actors who have some power over their followers as they are able to
influence their followers' choice of action in certain instances. In van den Brink et al.(Homo …

We propose as centrality measures for social networks two classical power indices, Banzhaf
and Shapley-Shubik, and two new measures, effort and satisfaction, related to the spread of …

We present an overview of research on a certain model of influence in a social network.
Each agent has to make an acceptance/rejection decision, and he has an inclination to …

We consider decision models associated with cooperative influence games, the oblivious
and the non-oblivious influence models. In those models the satisfaction and the power …

Mein größter Dank gilt meinem Doktorvater Herrn Prof. Dr. Jost Adler, der mir zu jeder Zeit
mit seinem Rat zur Seite stand. Die zahlreichen Diskussionen und Anregungen haben …

In social network analysis, there is a common perception that influence is relevant to
determine the global behavior of the society and thus it can be used to enforce cooperation …

The object of this research is to exploit the algorithm of Twitter's trending topic (TT) and
identify the elements capable of guiding public opinion in the Italian panorama. The …