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Online social networks represent a main source of communication and information exchange in today's life. They facilitate exquisitely news sharing, knowledge elicitation, and forming groups of same interests. Researchers in the last two…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Mohammed Abufouda

Recently, numerous approaches have emerged in the social sciences to exploit the opportunities made possible by the vast amounts of data generated by online social networks (OSNs). Having access to information about users on such a scale…

Online social networks are increasingly being utilized for collective sense making and information processing in disasters. However, the underlying mechanisms that shape the dynamics of collective intelligence in online social networks…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Chao Fan , Fangsheng Wu , Ali Mostafavi

Exploring the internal mechanism of information spreading is critical for understanding and controlling the process. Traditional spreading models often assume individuals play the same role in the spreading process. In reality, however,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Chang Su , Fang Zhou , Linyuan Lü

Most theoretical tools available for the analysis of spreading processes over networks assume exponentially distributed transmission and recovery times. In practice, the empirical distribution of transmission times for many real spreading…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-11-04 Masaki Ogura , Victor M. Preciado

The numerous expanding online social networks offer fast channels for misinformation spreading, which could have a serious impact on socioeconomic systems. Researchers across multiple areas have paid attention to this issue with a view of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-01-08 Jiajun Xian , Dan Yang , Liming Pan , Wei Wang , Zhen Wang

An increasing portion of modern socializing takes place via online social networks. Members of these communities often play distinct roles that can be deduced from observations of users' online activities. One such activity is the sharing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Francis T. O'Donovan , Connie Fournelle , Steve Gaffigan , Oliver Brdiczka , Jianqiang Shen , Juan Liu , Kendra E. Moore

Opinion dynamics is an important and very active area of research that delves into the complex processes through which individuals form and modify their opinions within a social context. The ability to comprehend and unravel the mechanisms…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-03-19 Giacomo Albi , Elisa Calzola , Giacomo Dimarco

In this paper, we study the information propagation in an empirical blogging network by game-theoretical approach. The blogging network has small-world property and is scale-free. Individuals in the blogosphere coordinate their decisions…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-05-23 Lianghuan Liu , Feng Fu , Long Wang

The spread of information networks has not only made it easier for people to access a variety of information sources but also greatly enhanced the ability of individuals to disseminate information. Unfortunately, however, the problem of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-11-12 Masaki Aida , Ayako Hashizume , Chisa Takano , Masayuki Murata

Cyberaggression has been studied in various contexts and online social platforms, and modeled on different data using state-of-the-art machine and deep learning algorithms to enable automatic detection and blocking of this behavior. Users…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Chrysoula Terizi , Despoina Chatzakou , Evaggelia Pitoura , Panayiotis Tsaparas , Nicolas Kourtellis

The propagations of diseases, behaviors and information in real systems are rarely independent of each other, but they are coevolving with strong interactions. To uncover the dynamical mechanisms, the evolving spatiotemporal patterns and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-10-02 Wei Wang , Quan-Hui Liu , Junhao Liang , Yanqing Hu , Tao Zhou

There has been considerable interest in modelling the spread of information on X (formerly Twitter) using machine learning models. Here, we consider the problem of predicting the reposting of new information, i.e., when a user propagates…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-19 Ziming Xu , Shi Zhou , Vasileios Lampos , Ingemar J. Cox

With the effect of word-of-the-mouth, trends in social networks are now playing a significant role in shaping people's lives. Predicting dynamic trends is an important problem with many useful applications. There are three dynamic…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-10-30 Shuyang Lin , Xiangnan Kong , Philip S. Yu

Random walks on networks is the standard tool for modelling spreading processes in social and biological systems. This first-order Markov approach is used in conventional community detection, ranking, and spreading analysis although it…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-08-13 Martin Rosvall , Alcides V. Esquivel , Andrea Lancichinetti , Jevin D. West , Renaud Lambiotte

We analyze five big data sets from a variety of online social networking (OSN) systems and find that the growth dynamics of meme popularity exhibit characteristically different behaviors. For example, there is linear growth associated with…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Le-Zhi Wang , Zhi-Dan Zhao , Jun-Jie Jiang , Bing-Hui Guo , Xiao Wang , Zi-Gang Huang , Ying-Cheng Lai

We derive the mean-field equations characterizing the dynamics of a rumor process that takes place on top of complex heterogeneous networks. These equations are solved numerically by means of a stochastic approach. First, we present…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Yamir Moreno , Maziar Nekovee , Amalio. F. Pacheco

This paper delves into the paramount significance of information dissemination within the dynamic realm of social networks. It underscores the pivotal role of information communication models in unraveling the intricacies of data…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-05-20 Jixuan He , Yutong Guo , Jiacheng Zhao

We analyze random networks that change over time. First we analyze a dynamic Erdos-Renyi model, whose edges change over time. We describe its stationary distribution, its convergence thereto, and the SI contact process on the network, which…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Benjamin Armbruster , John Gunnar Carlsson

Detecting spreading outbreaks in social networks with sensors is of great significance in applications. Inspired by the formation mechanism of human's physical sensations to external stimuli, we propose a new method to detect the influence…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-02-08 Sen Pei , Shaoting Tang , Zhiming Zheng