Studying information diffusion in SNS (Social Networks Service) has remarkable
significance in both academia and industry. Theoretically, it boosts the development of other …

In an online community, users can interact with fellow community members by voluntarily
contributing to existing discussion threads or by starting new threads. In practice, however …

Abstract Decentralized Online Social Networks (DOSNs) represent a growing trend in the
social media landscape, as opposed to the well-known centralized peers, which are often in …

Abstract Decentralized Online Social Networks (DOSNs) are today an established
alternative to the popular centralized counterparts. In this work, we push forward research on …

Research on influence maximization ofter has to cope with marketing needs relating to the
propagation of information towards specific users. However, little attention has been paid to …

Nowadays, social networks provide users an interactive platform to create and share
heterogeneous content for a lot of different purposes (eg, to comment events and facts, and …

Opinion leaders play a critical role in maintaining the functioning of online communities. This
study aims to detect opinion leaders in online learning communities by evaluating the …

Mining the silent members of an online community, also called lurkers, has been recognized
as an important problem that accompanies the extensive use of online social networks …

Sentiment analysis has become one of the mainstream researches in social network
analysis. Its impact can be seen in many practical applications, ranging from public opinion …

As more and more mobile users use social networks to interact with other people currently,
the resource limitation of mobile devices becomes an urgent problem to be solved …