Fine-grained feature-based social influence evaluation in online social networks

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2286-2296

  Wang, Guojun ^a   Jiang, Wenjun ^a   Wu, Jie ^b   Xiong, Zhengli ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

common neighbors; feature strength; online social networks; Social influence; tie strength

Indexed keywords

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

COMMON NEIGHBORS; FEATURE STRENGTH; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL INFLUENCE; TIE STRENGTHS;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84906079432     PISSN: 10459219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPDS.2013.135     Document Type: Article

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