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AAAI
2010
15 years 7 months ago
The Genetic Algorithm as a General Diffusion Model for Social Networks
Diffusion processes taking place in social networks are used to model a number of phenomena, such as the spread of human or computer viruses, and the adoption of products in `vira...
Mayank Lahiri, Manuel Cebrián
CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
RoomBugs: simulating insect infestations in elementary classrooms
This paper presents research on a collaborative learning environment in an urban elementary science classroom. The application, called RoomBugs, simulates a dynamic ecosystem of i...
Michael Barron, Tom Moher, Jeff Maharry
CIKM
2010
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Understanding retweeting behaviors in social networks
Retweeting is an important action (behavior) on Twitter, indicating the behavior that users re-post microblogs of their friends. While much work has been conducted for mining text...
Zi Yang, Jingyi Guo, Keke Cai, Jie Tang, Juanzi Li...
ICMI
2009
Springer
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15 years 3 months ago
Detecting user engagement with a robot companion using task and social interaction-based features
Affect sensitivity is of the utmost importance for a robot companion to be able to display socially intelligent behaviour, a key requirement for sustaining long-term interactions ...
Ginevra Castellano, André Pereira, Iolanda ...
ICALP
2009
Springer
16 years 6 months ago
Rumor Spreading in Social Networks
Social networks are an interesting class of graphs likely to become of increasing importance in the future, not only theoretically, but also for its probable applications to ad hoc...
Flavio Chierichetti, Silvio Lattanzi, Alessandro P...