Opinion leaders selection in the social networks based on trust relationships propagation

Karbala International Journal of Modern Science

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 88-97

  Aghdam, Samad Mohammad ^a   Jafari Navimipour, Nima ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Opinion leader; Similarity; Social networks; Sociality; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995389444     PISSN: 2405609X     EISSN: 24056103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.kijoms.2016.02.002     Document Type: Article

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