Finding critical nodes for inhibiting diffusion of complex contagions in social networks

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 6322 LNAI, Issue PART 2, 2010, Pages 111-127

  Kuhlman, Chris J ^a   Anil Kumar, V S ^a   Marathe, Madhav V ^a   Ravi, S S ^b   Rosenkrantz, Daniel J ^b  

^a VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; CRITICAL NODE; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; NP-HARD; SOCIAL NETWORKS; WIKIPEDIA;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 78049393928     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-15883-4_8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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