Language games in investigation of social networks: Finding communities and influential agents

Autor: L. I. Mikulich, Dmitry A. Gubanov, T. S. Naumkina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Automation and Remote Control. 77:144-158
ISSN: 1608-3032
0005-1179
DOI: 10.1134/s0005117916010094
Popis: The paper presents an investigation method of social networks based on language games. This method is used for finding implicit communities and influential agents in social networks. The authors introduce a naming game and explain how it is applied in investigation of social networks. Simulation results are demonstrated for specially designed graphs and a real-data graph. The authors also survey alternative methods of community detection and compare them with the above-mentioned method.
Databáze: OpenAIRE