Discovering and validating influence in a dynamic online social network

Social Network Analysis and Mining

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1311-1323

  Laflin, Peter ^a   Mantzaris, Alexander V ^b   Ainley, Fiona ^a   Otley, Amanda ^a   Grindrod, Peter ^c   Higham, Desmond J ^b  

^a Bloom Agency   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR SYSTEMS;

CENTRALITY MEASURES; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONNECTIVITY INFORMATION; INTERACTION NETWORKS; NETWORK CENTRALITIES; ON-LINE SOCIAL NETWORKS; TRANSIENT INTERACTIONS; UNDERLYING NETWORKS;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 84923372080     PISSN: 18695450     EISSN: 18695469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13278-013-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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