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Since its introduction in 2003, the influence maximization (IM) problem has drawn significant research attention in the literature. The aim of IM is to select a set of k users who can influence the most individuals in the social network.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-06-19 Hui Li , Mengting Xu , Sourav S Bhowmick , Changsheng Sun , Zhongyuan Jiang , Jiangtao Cui

The inference of novel knowledge, the discovery of hidden patterns, and the uncovering of insights from large amounts of data from a multitude of sources make Data Science (DS) to an art rather than just a mere scientific discipline. The…

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In distributed optimization, the practical problem-solving performance is essentially sensitive to algorithm selection, parameter setting, problem type and data pattern. Thus, it is often laborious to acquire a highly efficient method for a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Daokuan Zhu , Tianqi Xu , Jie Lu

Given a social network modeled as a weighted graph $G$, the influence maximization problem seeks $k$ vertices to become initially influenced, to maximize the expected number of influenced nodes under a particular diffusion model. The…

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Large scale graph optimization problems arise in many fields. This paper presents an extensible, high performance framework (named OpenGraphGym-MG) that uses deep reinforcement learning and graph embedding to solve large graph optimization…

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In scheduling problems common in the industry and various real-world scenarios, responding in real-time to disruptive events is essential. Recent methods propose the use of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) to learn policies capable of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-31 Imanol Echeverria , Maialen Murua , Roberto Santana

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…

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Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has empowered a variety of artificial intelligence fields, including pattern recognition, robotics, recommendation-systems, and gaming. Similarly, graph neural networks (GNN) have also demonstrated their…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-09 Sai Munikoti , Deepesh Agarwal , Laya Das , Mahantesh Halappanavar , Balasubramaniam Natarajan

The ever-increasing demand for high-quality and heterogeneous wireless communication services has driven extensive research on dynamic optimization strategies in wireless networks. Among several possible approaches, multi-agent deep…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Lorenzo Mario Amorosa , Marco Skocaj , Roberto Verdone , Deniz Gündüz

Influence Maximization (IM) in temporal graphs focuses on identifying influential "seeds" that are pivotal for maximizing network expansion. We advocate defining these seeds through Influence Propagation Paths (IPPs), which is essential for…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Laixin Xie , Ying Zhang , Xiyuan Wang , Shiyi Liu , Shenghan Gao , Xingxing Xing , Wei Wan , Haipeng Zhang , Quan Li

Influence maximization (IM) is a crucial optimization task related to analyzing complex networks in the real world, such as social networks, disease propagation networks, and marketing networks. Publications to date about the IM problem…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Xilong Qu , Wenbin Pei , Yingchao Yang , Xirong Xu , Renquan Zhang , Qiang Zhang

Topology impacts important network performance metrics, including link utilization, throughput and latency, and is of central importance to network operators. However, due to the combinatorial nature of network topology, it is extremely…

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Influence Maximization (IM) is a crucial problem in data science. The goal is to find a fixed-size set of highly-influential seed vertices on a network to maximize the influence spread along the edges. While IM is NP-hard on commonly-used…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Letong Wang , Xiangyun Ding , Yan Gu , Yihan Sun

Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been widely used in many important tasks of communication networks. In order to improve the perception ability of DRL on the network, some studies have combined graph neural networks (GNNs) with DRL,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Xuzeng Li , Tao Zhang , Jian Wang , Zhen Han , Jiqiang Liu , Jiawen Kang , Dusit Niyato , Abbas Jamalipour

Influence maximization (IM) is an important topic in network science where a small seed set is chosen to maximize the spread of influence on a network. Recently, this problem has attracted attention on temporal networks where the network…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-07-04 Eric Yanchenko , Tsuyoshi Murata , Petter Holme

Recently, deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-based approach has shown promisein solving complex decision and control problems in power engineering domain.In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of DRL-based voltage control fromaspects…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-25 Xiren Zhou , Siqi Wang , Ruisheng Diao , Desong Bian , Jiahui Duan , Di Shi

We consider the problem of selecting a seed set to maximize the expected number of influenced nodes in the social network, referred to as the \textit{influence maximization} (IM) problem. We assume that the topology of the social network is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Xiaojin Zhang

Influence maximization (IM) is a classic problem that aims to identify a small group of critical individuals, known as seeds, who can influence the largest number of users in a social network through word-of-mouth. This problem finds…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Yiqian Huang , Shiqi Zhang , Laks V. S. Lakshmanan , Wenqing Lin , Xiaokui Xiao , Bo Tang

Finding optimal bidding strategies for generation units in electricity markets would result in higher profit. However, it is a challenging problem due to the system uncertainty which is due to the unknown other generation units' strategies.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-15 Pegah Rokhforoz , Olga Fink

In this paper, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method is proposed to address the problem of UAV navigation in an unknown environment. However, DRL algorithms are limited by the data efficiency problem as they typically require a huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-07 Lei He , Nabil Aouf , James F. Whidborne , Bifeng Song