Abstract:Given a social network, how to find communities of nodes based on their diffusive characteristics? There exist two important types of nodes, for information propagation: nodes that are influential ("kernel nodes"), and nodes that serve as "bridges" to boost the diffusion ("media nodes"). How to find these nodes and uncover connections between them? In addition, it is also important to discover the hidden community structure of these nodes, which can help study their interactions, predict links and also underst… Show more
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