Determining Influential Users in Internet Social Networks

Volume: 47, Issue: 4, Pages: 643 - 658
Published: Aug 1, 2010
Abstract
The success of Internet social networking sites depends on the number and activity levels of their user members. Although users typically have numerous connections to other site members (i.e., “friends”), only a fraction of those so-called friends may actually influence a member's site usage. Because the influence of potentially hundreds of friends needs to be evaluated for each user, inferring precisely who is influential—and, therefore, of...
Paper Details
Title
Determining Influential Users in Internet Social Networks
Published Date
Aug 1, 2010
Volume
47
Issue
4
Pages
643 - 658
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