Emergence of Influential Spreaders in Modified Rumor Models

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 383-393

  Borge Holthoefer, Javier ^a   Meloni, Sandro ^a   Gonçalves, Bruno ^b,c   Moreno, Yamir ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE DE PHYSIQUE THÉORIQUE   (France)

^d ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human activity patterns; Online social networks; Rumor spreading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875609106     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-012-0595-6     Document Type: Article

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