Dynamics of information diffusion and its applications on complex networks

ZK Zhang, C Liu, XX Zhan, X Lu, CX Zhang, YC Zhang - Physics Reports, 2016 - Elsevier
The ongoing rapid expansion of the Word Wide Web (WWW) greatly increases the
information of effective transmission from heterogeneous individuals to various systems …

Minimizing the spread of misinformation in online social networks: A survey

A Zareie, R Sakellariou - Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 2021 - Elsevier
Online social networks provide an opportunity to spread messages and news fast and
widely. One may appreciate the quick spread of legitimate news and messages but …

Analysis of online social network connections for identification of influential users: Survey and open research issues

MA Al-Garadi, KD Varathan, SD Ravana… - ACM Computing …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Online social networks (OSNs) are structures that help users to interact, exchange, and
propagate new ideas. The identification of the influential users in OSNs is a significant …

Users' mobility enhances information diffusion in online social networks

Y Wang, J Wang, H Wang, R Zhang, M Li - Information Sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Online social networks have gradually changed the way that people exchange information
as increasingly more people spread information via social networks. Most of the prior …

Identification of influential spreaders in online social networks using interaction weighted K-core decomposition method

MA Al-garadi, KD Varathan, SD Ravana - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics …, 2017 - Elsevier
Online social networks (OSNs) have become a vital part of everyday living. OSNs provide
researchers and scientists with unique prospects to comprehend individuals on a scale and …

Realistic modelling of information spread using peer-to-peer diffusion patterns

B Zhou, S Pei, L Muchnik, X Meng, X Xu… - Nature Human …, 2020 - nature.com
In computational social science, epidemic-inspired spread models have been widely used to
simulate information diffusion. However, recent empirical studies suggest that simple …

Rumor spreading of a SEIR model in complex social networks with hesitating mechanism

X Liu, T Li, M Tian - Advances in Difference Equations, 2018 - Springer
In the process of rumor spreading, controlling and killing rumor problem is of great
importance on social networks. In this paper, we present a new SEIR (susceptible-exposed …

Theories for influencer identification in complex networks

S Pei, F Morone, HA Makse - … phenomena in social systems: Influence and …, 2018 - Springer
In social and biological systems, the structural heterogeneity of interaction networks gives
rise to the emergence of a small set of influential nodes, or influencers, in a series of …

Influencer identification in dynamical complex systems

S Pei, J Wang, F Morone… - Journal of complex …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The integrity and functionality of many real-world complex systems hinge on a small set of
pivotal nodes, or influencers. In different contexts, these influencers are defined as either …

Efficient collective influence maximization in cascading processes with first-order transitions

S Pei, X Teng, J Shaman, F Morone, HA Makse - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
In many social and biological networks, the collective dynamics of the entire system can be
shaped by a small set of influential units through a global cascading process, manifested by …