In this paper we examine the diffusion of competing rumors in social networks. Two players select a disjoint subset of nodes as initiators of the rumor propagation, seeking to maxi...
This paper proposes novel methods for visualizing specifically the large power-law graphs that arise in sociology and the sciences. In such cases a large portion of edges can be sh...
Yuntao Jia, Jared Hoberock, Michael Garland, John ...
Abstract. Social Network (SN) data has become ubiquitous, demanding advanced and flexible means to represent, transform and query such data. In addition to the intrinsic challenge...
We discuss the use of social networks in implementing viral marketing strategies. While influence maximization has been studied in this context (see Chapter 24 of [10]), we study ...
Jason D. Hartline, Vahab S. Mirrokni, Mukund Sunda...
Recent advances in information retrieval over hyperlinked corpora have convincinglydemonstratedthat links carry less noisy information than text. We investigate the feasibility of...