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Influence maximization (IM) is the problem of identifying a limited number of initial influential users within a social network to maximize the number of influenced users. However, previous research has mostly focused on individual…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Zirui Yuan , Minglai Shao , Zhiqian Chen

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

In this paper, we study the Cost-aware Target Viral Marketing (CTVM) problem, a generalization of Influence Maximization (IM). CTVM asks for the most cost-effective users to influence the most relevant users. In contrast to the vast…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Xiang Li , J. David Smith , Thang N. Dinh , My T. Thai

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

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

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 (IM) seeks to identify a small set of seed nodes in a social network to maximize expected information spread under a diffusion model. While community-based approaches improve scalability by exploiting modular…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Eliot W. Robson , Abhishek K. Umrawal

The Independent Cascade Model (ICM) is a widely studied model that aims to capture the dynamics of the information diffusion in social networks and in general complex networks. In this model, we can distinguish between active nodes which…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-06-21 Gianlorenzo D'Angelo , Lorenzo Severini , Yllka Velaj

In this paper we consider an extension of the well-known Influence Maximization Problem in a social network which deals with finding a set of k nodes to initiate a diffusion process so that the total number of influenced nodes at the end of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Kübra Tanınmış , Necati Aras , İ. K. Altınel

Influence maximization is the problem of finding a set of users in a social network, such that by targeting this set, one maximizes the expected spread of influence in the network. Most of the literature on this topic has focused…

Databases · Computer Science 2011-10-03 Amit Goyal , Francesco Bonchi , Laks V. S. Lakshmanan

We identify influential early adopters in a social network, where individuals are resource constrained, to maximize the spread of multiple, costly behaviors. A solution to this problem is especially important for viral marketing. The…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-02-08 Kaushik Sarkar , Hari Sundaram

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

Information propagation on networks is a central theme in social, behavioral, and economic sciences, with important theoretical and practical implications, such as the influence maximization problem for viral marketing. Here, we consider a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Yu Tian , Renaud Lambiotte

The Influence Maximization (IM) problem aims to find a small set of influential users to maximize their influence spread in a social network. Traditional methods rely on fixed diffusion models with known parameters, limiting their…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Hongliang Qiao , Shanshan Feng , Min Zhou , Xutao Li , Yunming Ye , Fan Li , Shuo Shang , Yew-Soon Ong

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

Influence maximization(IM) problem is to find a seed set in a social network which achieves the maximal influence spread. This problem plays an important role in viral marketing. Numerous models have been proposed to solve this problem.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-10-22 Yaxuan Wang , Hongzhi Wang , Jianzhong Li

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

A typical viral marketing model identifies influential users in a social network to maximize a single product adoption assuming unlimited user attention, campaign budgets, and time. In reality, multiple products need campaigns, users have…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2017-01-31 Nan Du , Yingyu Liang , Maria-Florina Balcan , Manuel Gomez-Rodriguez , Hongyuan Zha , Le Song

Traditional viral marketing problems aim at selecting a subset of seed users for one single product to maximize its awareness in social networks. However, in real scenarios, multiple products can be promoted in social networks at the same…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-07-05 Jiawei Zhang , Senzhang Wang , Qianyi Zhan , Philip S. Yu

For the purpose of maximizing the spread of influence caused by a certain small number k of nodes in a social network, we are asked to find a k-subset of nodes (i.e., a seed set) with the best capacity to influence the nodes not in it. This…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Enqiang Zhu , Haosen Wang , Yu Zhang , Kai Zhang , Chanjuan Liu