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Influence Maximization (IM), which aims to select a set of users from a social network to maximize the expected number of influenced users, is an evergreen hot research topic. Its research outcomes significantly impact real-world…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Taotao Cai , Quan Z. Sheng , Xiangyu Song , Jian Yang , Shuang Wang , Wei Emma Zhang , Jia Wu , Philip S. Yu

Influence maximization (IM) is the problem of finding for a given $s\geq 1$ a set $S$ of $|S|=s$ nodes in a network with maximum influence. With stochastic diffusion models, the influence of a set $S$ of seed nodes is defined as the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-30 Gal Sadeh , Edith Cohen , Haim Kaplan

The Influence Maximization (IM) problem aims at finding k seed vertices in a network, starting from which influence can be spread in the network to the maximum extent. In this paper, we propose QuickIM, the first versatile IM algorithm that…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-06-01 Rong Zhu , Zhaonian Zou , Yue Han , Sheng Yang , Jianzhong Li

In recent years, social networking platforms have gained significant popularity among the masses like connecting with people and propagating ones thoughts and opinions. This has opened the door to user-specific advertisements and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Aaryan Gupta , Inder Khatri , Arjun Choudhry , Pranav Chandhok , Dinesh Kumar Vishwakarma , Mukesh Prasad

Influence maximization is the problem of selecting top $k$ seed nodes in a social network to maximize their influence coverage under certain influence diffusion models. In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm IRIE that integrates a new…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-03-20 Kyomin Jung , Wooram Heo , Wei Chen

Information spread through social networks is ubiquitous. Influence maximiza- tion (IM) algorithms aim to identify individuals who will generate the greatest spread through the social network if provided with information, and have been…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2023-05-16 Octavio Mesner , Elizaveta Levina , Ji Zhu

Given a budget and arbitrary cost for selecting each node, the budgeted influence maximization (BIM) problem concerns selecting a set of seed nodes to disseminate some information that maximizes the total number of nodes influenced (termed…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-01-23 Huy Nguyen , Rong Zheng

The influence maximization (IM) problem involves identifying a set of key individuals in a social network who can maximize the spread of influence through their network connections. With the advent of geometric deep learning on graphs,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Yunming Hui , Shihan Wang , Melisachew Wudage Chekol , Stevan Rudinac , Inez Maria Zwetsloot

In many real-world scenarios, an individual's local social network carries significant influence over the opinions they form and subsequently propagate. In this paper, we propose a novel diffusion model -- the Pressure Threshold model (PT)…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Curt Stutsman , Eliot W. Robson , Abhishek K. Umrawal

Multiplex influence maximization (MIM) asks us to identify a set of seed users such as to maximize the expected number of influenced users in a multiplex network. MIM has been one of central research topics, especially in nowadays social…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Nguyen Do , Tanmoy Chowdhury , Chen Ling , Liang Zhao , My T. Thai

The majority of influence maximization (IM) studies focus on targeting influential seeders to trigger substantial information spread in social networks. In this paper, we consider a new and complementary problem of how to further increase…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-06-27 Yishi Lin , Wei Chen , John C. S. Lui

Influence maximization (IM) is the problem of finding a seed vertex set which is expected to incur the maximum influence spread on a graph. It has various applications in practice such as devising an effective and efficient approach to…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-08-10 Gokhan Gokturk , Kamer Kaya

Given a social network G and a constant k, the influence maximization problem asks for k nodes in G that (directly and indirectly) influence the largest number of nodes under a pre-defined diffusion model. This problem finds important…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-05-02 Youze Tang , Xiaokui Xiao , Yanchen Shi

Influence Maximization (IM) is a pivotal concept in social network analysis, involving the identification of influential nodes within a network to maximize the number of influenced nodes, and has a wide variety of applications that range…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Matteo Bergamaschi , Sara Venturini , Francesco Tudisco , Francesco Rinaldi

Given a hypergraph, influence maximization (IM) is to discover a seed set containing $k$ vertices that have the maximal influence. Although the existing vertex-based IM algorithms perform better than the hyperedge-based algorithms by…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Lingling Zhang , Hong Jiang , Ye Yuan , Guoren Wang

Influence Maximization (IM) is to identify the seed set to maximize information dissemination in a network. Elegant IM algorithms could naturally extend to cases where each node is equipped with a specific weight, reflecting individual…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-12-11 Xinyan Su , Zhiheng Zhang , Jiyan Qiu

Influence maximization (IM) aims to find seed users on an online social network to maximize the spread of information about a target product through word-of-mouth propagation among all users. Prior IM methods mostly focus on maximizing the…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Ying Wang , Yanhao Wang

A premise at a heart of network analysis is that entities in a network derive utilities from their connections. The {\em influence} of a seed set $S$ of nodes is defined as the sum over nodes $u$ of the {\em utility} of $S$ to $u$. {\em…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-02-02 Edith Cohen , Daniel Delling , Thomas Pajor , Renato F. Werneck

Influence maximization, fundamental for word-of-mouth marketing and viral marketing, aims to find a set of seed nodes maximizing influence spread on social network. Early methods mainly fall into two paradigms with certain benefits and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-02-18 Suqi Cheng , Hua-Wei Shen , Junming Huang , Wei Chen , Xue-Qi Cheng

We address the problem of influence maximization when the social network is accompanied by diffusion cascades. In prior works, such information is used to compute influence probabilities, which is utilized by stochastic diffusion models in…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-11-23 George Panagopoulos , Fragkiskos D. Malliaros , Michalis Vazirgiannis