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We consider a ubiquitous scenario in the study of Influence Maximization (IM), in which there is limited knowledge about the topology of the diffusion network. We set the IM problem in a multi-round diffusion campaign, aiming to maximize…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Yuting Feng , Vincent Y. F. Tan , Bogdan Cautis

Influence maximization, defined as a problem of finding a set of seed nodes to trigger a maximized spread of influence, is crucial to viral marketing on social networks. For practical viral marketing on large scale social networks, it is…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2014-02-18 Suqi Cheng , Huawei Shen , Junming Huang , Guoqing Zhang , Xueqi Cheng

Influence maximization--the problem of identifying a subset of k influential seeds (vertices) in a network--is a classical problem in network science with numerous applications. The problem is NP-hard, but there exist efficient polynomial…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Reet Barik , Wade Cappa , S M Ferdous , Marco Minutoli , Mahantesh Halappanavar , Ananth Kalyanaraman

We consider the influence maximization problem (selecting $k$ seeds in a network maximizing the expected total influence) on undirected graphs under the linear threshold model. On the one hand, we prove that the greedy algorithm always…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Grant Schoenebeck , Biaoshuai Tao , Fang-Yi Yu

How can we find the right graph for semi-supervised learning? In real world applications, the choice of which edges to use for computation is the first step in any graph learning process. Interestingly, there are often many types of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-07-24 Jonathan Halcrow , Alexandru Moşoi , Sam Ruth , Bryan Perozzi

One key problem in network analysis is the so-called influence maximization problem, which consists in finding a set $S$ of at most $k$ seed users, in a social network, maximizing the spread of information from $S$. This paper studies a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-19 Ruben Becker , Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Hugo Gilbert

Aiming at selecting a small subset of nodes with maximum influence on networks, the Influence Maximization (IM) problem has been extensively studied. Since it is #P-hard to compute the influence spread given a seed set, the state-of-the-art…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Tiantian Chen , Siwen Yan , Jianxiong Guo , Weili Wu

Influence propagation in networks has enjoyed fruitful applications and has been extensively studied in literature. However, only very limited preliminary studies tackled the challenges in handling highly dynamic changes in real networks.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Yu Yang , Zhefeng Wang , Tianyuan Jin , Jian Pei , Enhong Chen

Influence maximization is a problem of finding a small set of highly influential users, also known as seeds, in a social network such that the spread of influence under certain propagation models is maximized. In this paper, we consider…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Wei Chen , Wei Lu , Ning Zhang

Influence maximization in complex networks, i.e., maximizing the size of influenced nodes via selecting K seed nodes for a given spreading process, has attracted great attention in recent years. However, the influence maximization problem…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-06-06 Ming Xie , Xiu-Xiu Zhan , Chuang Liu , Zi-Ke Zhang

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 is key topic in data mining, with broad applications in social network analysis and viral marketing. In recent years, researchers have increasingly turned to machine learning techniques to address this problem. They…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Asela Hevapathige , Qing Wang , Ahad N. Zehmakan

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

Given a social network $G$ and an integer $k$, the influence maximization (IM) problem asks for a seed set $S$ of $k$ nodes from $G$ to maximize the expected number of nodes influenced via a propagation model. The majority of the existing…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-04-15 Keke Huang , Jing Tang , Kai Han , Xiaokui Xiao , Wei Chen , Aixin Sun , Xueyan Tang , Andrew Lim

Influence maximization (IM) is formulated as selecting a set of initial users from a social network to maximize the expected number of influenced users. Researchers have made great progress in designing various traditional methods, and…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Chen Ling , Junji Jiang , Junxiang Wang , My Thai , Lukas Xue , James Song , Meikang Qiu , Liang Zhao

Maximizing influences in complex networks is a practically important but computationally challenging task for social network analysis, due to its NP- hard nature. Most current approximation or heuristic methods either require tremendous…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-09-15 Changan Liu , Changjun Fan , Zhongzhi Zhang

Social networks represent nowadays in many contexts the main source of information transmission and the way opinions and actions are influenced. For instance, generic advertisements are way less powerful than suggestions from our contacts.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Kateryna Konotopska , Giovanni Iacca

Among various distance functions for graphs, graph and subgraph edit distances (GED and SED respectively) are two of the most popular and expressive measures. Unfortunately, exact computations for both are NP-hard. To overcome this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Rishabh Ranjan , Siddharth Grover , Sourav Medya , Venkatesan Chakaravarthy , Yogish Sabharwal , Sayan Ranu

Influence Maximization problem has received significant attention in recent years due to its application in various do?mains such as product recommendation, public opinion dissemination, and disease propagation. This paper proposes a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Renquan Zhang , Xilong Qu , Qiang Zhang , Xirong Xu , Sen Pei

Influence maximization, the fundamental of viral marketing, aims to find top-$K$ seed nodes maximizing influence spread under certain spreading models. In this paper, we study influence maximization from a game perspective. We propose a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-06-04 Yu Zhang , Yan Zhang