The processes by which communities come together, attract new members, and develop over time is a central research issue in the social sciences -- political movements, professiona...
Lars Backstrom, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Jon M. Kle...
This paper provides a novel algorithm to automatically detect the hidden hierarchy in terrorist networks. The algorithm is based on centrality measures used in social network analy...
Nasrullah Memon, Henrik Legind Larsen, David L. Hi...
Social support is a critical, yet underutilized resource when undergoing cancer care. Underutilization occurs in two conditions: (a) when patients fail to seek out information, ma...
Meredith M. Skeels, Kenton T. Unruh, Christopher P...
—This paper addresses the problem of identifying the top-k information hubs in a social network. Identifying topk information hubs is crucial for many applications such as advert...
Muhammad Usman Ilyas, Muhammad Zubair Shafiq, Alex...
Online microblogging services, as exemplified by Twitter, have become immensely popular during the latest years. However, current microblogging systems severely suffer from perfor...