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As recent events have demonstrated, disinformation spread through social networks can have dire political, economic and social consequences. Detecting disinformation must inevitably rely on the structure of the network, on users…

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Problems in distributed system security often map naturally to graphs. The concept of centrality assesses the importance of nodes in a graph. It is used in various applications. Cooperative game theory has also been used to create nuanced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-04-30 Iain Burge , Michel Barbeau , Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro

We propose and study a set of algorithms for discovering community structure in networks -- natural divisions of network nodes into densely connected subgroups. Our algorithms all share two definitive features: first, they involve iterative…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. E. J. Newman , M. Girvan

The study of SIS epidemics on networks has stressed the role of the network topology on the spreading process. However, accurate models of SIS epidemics rely on the complete knowledge of the network topology, which is often not available.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-08-08 Aram Vajdi , Caterina Scoglioy

A fundamental characteristic of computer networks is their topological structure. The question of the description of the structural characteristics of computer networks represents a problem that is not completely solved. Search methods for…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Carlos E. Frasser

Terrorist attacks all across the world have become a major source of concern for almost all national governments. The United States Department of State's Bureau of Counter-Terrorism, maintains a list of 66 terrorist organizations spanning…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-02-11 Kaustav Basu , Chenyang Zhou , Arunabha Sen , Victoria Horan Goliber

A social network is a social structure made up of individuals or organizations called nodes, which are connected by one or more specific types of interdependency, such as friendship, common interest, and exchange of finance, relationships…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2012-02-14 Wajeb Gharibi , Maha Shaabi

The relationship of friends in social networks can be strong or weak. Some research works have shown that a close relationship between friends conducts good community structure. Based on this result, we propose an effective method in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Xiaoping Fan , Zhijie Chen , Fei Cai , Jinsong Wu , Shengzong Liu , Zhining Liao , Zhifang Liao

In the last few years many real-world networks have been found to show a so-called community structure organization. Much effort has been devoted in the literature to develop methods and algorithms that can efficiently highlight this hidden…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-06-18 Michele Coscia , Fosca Giannotti , Dino Pedreschi

When studying social, economic and biological systems, one has often access to only limited information about the structure of the underlying networks. An example of paramount importance is provided by financial systems: information on the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-10-31 Tiziano Squartini , Guido Caldarelli , Giulio Cimini , Andrea Gabrielli , Diego Garlaschelli

Disasters impact communities through interconnected social, spatial, and physical networks. Analyzing network dynamics is crucial for understanding resilience and recovery. We highlight six studies demonstrating how hazards and recovery…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-02-27 Chia-Fu Liu , Ali Mostafavi

Capturing dynamics of operational similarity among terrorist groups is critical to provide actionable insights for counter-terrorism and intelligence monitoring. Yet, in spite of its theoretical and practical relevance, research addressing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-12-16 Gian Maria Campedelli , Iain J. Cruickshank , Kathleen M. Carley

Many real world systems or web services can be represented as a network such as social networks and transportation networks. In the past decade, many algorithms have been developed to detect the communities in a network using connections…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-01-21 Zhi Liu , Yan Huang

We introduce a new conception of community structure, which we refer to as hidden community structure. Hidden community structure refers to a specific type of overlapping community structure, in which the detection of weak, but meaningful,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-01-26 Kun He , Sucheta Soundarajan , Xuezhi Cao , John Hopcroft , Menglong Huang

How should we gather information in a network, where each node's visibility is limited to its local neighborhood? This problem arises in numerous real-world applications, such as surveying and task routing in social networks, team formation…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-05-07 Adish Singla , Eric Horvitz , Pushmeet Kohli , Ryen White , Andreas Krause

Network topology inference is a prominent problem in Network Science. Most graph signal processing (GSP) efforts to date assume that the underlying network is known, and then analyze how the graph's algebraic and spectral characteristics…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-22 Gonzalo Mateos , Santiago Segarra , Antonio G. Marques , Alejandro Ribeiro

In the evolving landscape of cybersecurity, the utilization of cyber deception has gained prominence as a proactive defense strategy against sophisticated attacks. This paper presents a comprehensive survey that investigates the crucial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Md Abu Sayed , Moqsadur Rahman , Mohammad Ariful Islam Khan , Deepak Tosh

Social networks facilitate the social space where actors or the users have ties among them. The ties and their patterns are based on their life styles and communication. Similarly, in online social media networks like Facebook, Twitter,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-11 Victor Stany Rozario , A. Z. M. Ehtesham Chowdhury , Muhammad Sarwar Jahan Morshed

After major disasters, formal inquiries become arenas where responsibility is publicly contested. While extensive research has examined blame attribution through qualitative and actor-centred approaches, the relational structure of blame…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-01-06 Mariano Devoto , Pablo Ariel Cipriotti

Online manipulation of information has become more prevalent in recent years as state-sponsored disinformation campaigns seek to influence and polarize political topics through massive coordinated efforts. In the process, these efforts…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-09-08 Luis Vargas , Patrick Emami , Patrick Traynor