Diffusion and reverse diffusion processes in social networks: Analysis using the Degree of Diffusion α

2010 3rd IEEE International Conference on Ubi-Media Computing, U-Media 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 124-131

  Mahdi, Khaled ^a   Torabi, Sadegh ^a   Safar, Maytham ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Degree of Diffusion; Diffusion; Social networks

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION PROCESS; NEW PARAMETERS; PENETRATION DEPTH; RANDOM NETWORK; REVERSE DIFFUSION; SCALE-FREE; SMALL WORLD NETWORKS; SMALL WORLDS; SOCIAL NETWORK MODELS; SOCIAL NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

DIFFUSION;

EID: 77956592974     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/UMEDIA.2010.5544484     Document Type: Conference Paper

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