This paper intends to provide some insights of a scientific problem: how likely one’s interests can be inferred from his/her social connections – friends, friends’ friends,...
: We study a slotted version of the Aloha Medium Access (MAC) protocol in a Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET). Our model features transmitters randomly located in the Euclidean plane, ...
The emergence of general audience digital libraries (GADLs) defines a context that represents a hybrid of both ``traditional'' IR, using primarily bibliographic resource...
Nowadays, users not only want to watch digital videos on a PC but also use mobile devices to play back multimedia content. Video adaptation algorithms enable the visualization of ...
Influence is a complex and subtle force that governs the dynamics of social networks as well as the behaviors of involved users. Understanding influence can benefit various applic...
Lu Liu, Jie Tang, Jiawei Han, Meng Jiang, Shiqiang...