Scalable Cost-Aware Multi-Way Influence Maximization
Data Structures and Algorithms
2015-06-29 v9 Social and Information Networks
Physics and Society
Abstract
Viral marketing is different from other marketing strategies since it leverages the influence power in intimate relationship, e.g., close friends, family members, couples. Due to the development and popularity of social networking services, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest, the new notion of "social media marketing" has appeared in recent years and presents new opportunities for enabling large-scale and prevalent viral marketing online. To boost the growth of their sales, business is embracing social media in a big way. According to USA Today, the sales of software to run corporate social networks will grow 61\% a year and be a billion business by 2016.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1303.0157,
title = {Scalable Cost-Aware Multi-Way Influence Maximization},
author = {Hong-Han Shuai},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0157},
year = {2015}
}