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IV
2006
IEEE
190views Visualization» more  IV 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
Analyzing Actors and Their Discussion Topics by Semantic Social Network Analysis
iQuest is a novel software system to improve understanding of organizational phenomena with greater precision, clarity, and granularity than has previously been possible. It permi...
Peter A. Gloor, Yan Zhao
CIKM
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Social capital in online communities
Online communities are connecting hordes of individuals and generating rich social network data. The social capital that resides within these networks is largely unknown. We propo...
Matthew S. Smith
GRAPHICSINTERFACE
2001
13 years 9 months ago
Realistic and Controllable Fire Simulation
We introduce a set of techniques that are used together to produce realistic-looking animations of burning objects. These include a new method for simulating spreading on polygona...
Philippe Beaudoin, Sébastien Paquet, Pierre...
AIS
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Continuity and Change (Activity) Are Fundamentally Related in DEVS Simulation of Continuous Systems
Abstract. The success of DEVS methods for simulating large continuous models calls for more in-depth examination of the applicability of discrete events in modeling continuous phen...
Bernard P. Zeigler, Rajanikanth Jammalamadaka, Sal...
CORR
2007
Springer
122views Education» more  CORR 2007»
13 years 7 months ago
Social Media as Windows on the Social Life of the Mind
This is a programmatic paper, marking out two directions in which the study of social media can contribute to broader problems of social science: understanding cultural evolution ...
Cosma Rohilla Shalizi