Diffusion processes taking place in social networks are used to model a number of phenomena, such as the spread of human or computer viruses, and the adoption of products in `vira...
: Keeping in touch with family and friends should be easier now that we have a repertoire of communication tools available to us (e.g. SMS, IM, email, mobile and landline phones). ...
In this work, we investigate the use of online or “crawling” algorithms to sample large social networks in order to determine the most influential or important individuals wit...
The growing popularity of IP telephony systems has made them attractive targets for spammers. Voice call spam, also known as Spam over Internet Telephony (SPIT), is potentially a ...
An increasing number of social networking platforms are giving users the option to endorse entities that they find appealing, such as videos, photos, or even other users. We defin...