Diffusion in Social Networks
Diffusion in Social Networks

Author: Paulo Shakarian

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2015-09-16

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 3319231057

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This book presents the leading models of social network diffusion that are used to demonstrate the spread of disease, ideas, and behavior. It introduces diffusion models from the fields of computer science (independent cascade and linear threshold), sociology (tipping models), physics (voter models), biology (evolutionary models), and epidemiology (SIR/SIS and related models). A variety of properties and problems related to these models are discussed including identifying seeds sets to initiate diffusion, game theoretic problems, predicting diffusion events, and more. The book explores numerous connections between social network diffusion research and artificial intelligence through topics such as agent-based modeling, logic programming, game theory, learning, and data mining. The book also surveys key empirical results in social network diffusion, and reviews the classic and cutting-edge research with a focus on open problems.

Modeling Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks with Partial Differential Equations
Modeling Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks with Partial Differential Equations

Author: Haiyan Wang

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2020-03-16

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 3030388522

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The book lies at the interface of mathematics, social media analysis, and data science. Its authors aim to introduce a new dynamic modeling approach to the use of partial differential equations for describing information diffusion over online social networks. The eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the Laplacian matrix for the underlying social network are used to find communities (clusters) of online users. Once these clusters are embedded in a Euclidean space, the mathematical models, which are reaction-diffusion equations, are developed based on intuitive social distances between clusters within the Euclidean space. The models are validated with data from major social media such as Twitter. In addition, mathematical analysis of these models is applied, revealing insights into information flow on social media. Two applications with geocoded Twitter data are included in the book: one describing the social movement in Twitter during the Egyptian revolution in 2011 and another predicting influenza prevalence. The new approach advocates a paradigm shift for modeling information diffusion in online social networks and lays the theoretical groundwork for many spatio-temporal modeling problems in the big-data era.

Python for Graph and Network Analysis
Python for Graph and Network Analysis

Author: Mohammed Zuhair Al-Taie

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-03-20

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 3319530046

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This research monograph provides the means to learn the theory and practice of graph and network analysis using the Python programming language. The social network analysis techniques, included, will help readers to efficiently analyze social data from Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, GitHub and many others at three levels of depth: ego, group, and community. They will be able to analyse militant and revolutionary networks and candidate networks during elections. For instance, they will learn how the Ebola virus spread through communities. Practically, the book is suitable for courses on social network analysis in all disciplines that use social methodology. In the study of social networks, social network analysis makes an interesting interdisciplinary research area, where computer scientists and sociologists bring their competence to a level that will enable them to meet the challenges of this fast-developing field. Computer scientists have the knowledge to parse and process data while sociologists have the experience that is required for efficient data editing and interpretation. Social network analysis has successfully been applied in different fields such as health, cyber security, business, animal social networks, information retrieval, and communications.

Advances in Information Retrieval
Advances in Information Retrieval

Author: Pavel Serdyukov

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-03-12

Total Pages: 919

ISBN-13: 3642369731

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 35th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2013, held in Moscow, Russia, in March 2013. The 55 full papers, 38 poster papers and 10 demonstrations presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 287 submissions. The papers are organized in the following topical sections: user aspects; multimedia and cross-media IR; data mining; IR theory and formal models; IR system architectures; classification; Web; event detection; temporal IR, and microblog search. Also included are 4 tutorial and 2 workshop presentations.

Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion
Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion

Author: Michael Windzio

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-11-24

Total Pages: 279

ISBN-13: 3030834034

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This open access book analyses the global diffusion of social policy as a process driven by multiplex ties between countries in global social networks. The contributions analyze links between countries via global trade, colonial history, similarity in culture, and spatial proximity. Networks are viewed as the structural backbone of the diffusion process, and diffusion is anlaysed via several subfields of social policy, in order to interrogate which network dimensions drive this process. The focus is on a global perspective of social policy diffusion via networks, and it is the first book to explicitly follow this macro-quantitative perspective on diffusion at a global scale whilst also comparing different networks. The collection tests the network structures in terms of their relevance to the diffusion process in different subfields of social policy such as old age and survivor pensions, labor and labor markets, health and long-term care, education and training, and family and gender policy. The book will therefore be invaluable to students and researchers of global social policy, sociology, political science, international relations, organization theory and economics.

Online Social Networks
Online Social Networks

Author: Valerio Arnaboldi

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2015-09-25

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0128030429

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Online Social Networks: Human Cognitive Constraints in Facebook and Twitter provides new insights into the structural properties of personal online social networks and the mechanisms underpinning human online social behavior. As the availability of digital communication data generated by social media is revolutionizing the field of social networks analysis, the text discusses the use of large- scale datasets to study the structural properties of online ego networks, to compare them with the properties of general human social networks, and to highlight additional properties. Users will find the data collected and conclusions drawn useful during design or research service initiatives that involve online and mobile social network environments. Provides an analysis of the structural properties of ego networks in online social networks Presents quantitative evidence of the Dunbar’s number in online environments Discusses original structural and dynamic properties of human social network through OSN analysis

Logical Dynamics of Information and Interaction
Logical Dynamics of Information and Interaction

Author: Johan van Benthem

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2011-09-29

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1139500465

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This book develops a view of logic as a theory of information-driven agency and intelligent interaction between many agents - with conversation, argumentation and games as guiding examples. It provides one uniform account of dynamic logics for acts of inference, observation, questions and communication, that can handle both update of knowledge and revision of beliefs. It then extends the dynamic style of analysis to include changing preferences and goals, temporal processes, group action and strategic interaction in games. Throughout, the book develops a mathematical theory unifying all these systems, and positioning them at the interface of logic, philosophy, computer science and game theory. A series of further chapters explores repercussions of the 'dynamic stance' for these areas, as well as cognitive science.

Information Diffusion Management and Knowledge Sharing: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice
Information Diffusion Management and Knowledge Sharing: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice

Author: Management Association, Information Resources

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2019-10-11

Total Pages: 945

ISBN-13: 1799804186

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Within the past 10 years, tremendous innovations have been brought forth in information diffusion and management. Such technologies as social media have transformed the way that information is disseminated and used, making it critical to understand its distribution through these mediums. With the consistent creation and wide availability of information, it has become imperative to remain updated on the latest trends and applications in this field. Information Diffusion Management and Knowledge Sharing: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice examines the trends, models, challenges, issues, and strategies of information diffusion and management from a global context. Highlighting a range of topics such as influence maximization, information spread control, and social influence, this publication is an ideal reference source for managers, librarians, information systems specialists, professionals, researchers, and administrators seeking current research on the theories and applications of global information management.

The Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries
The Role of Diffusion Processes in Fertility Change in Developing Countries

Author: Committee on Population

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1999-04-12

Total Pages: 42

ISBN-13: 0309518881

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This report summarizes presentations and discussions at the Workshop on the Social Processes Underlying Fertility Change in Developing Countries, organized by the Committee on Population of the National Research Council (NRC) in Washington, D.C., January 29-30, 1998. Fourteen papers were presented at the workshop; they represented both theoretical and empirical perspectives and shed new light on the role that diffusion processes may play in fertility transition. These papers served as the basis for the discussion that is summarized in this report.