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Reliable online social network data collection [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Large quantities of information are shared through online social networks, making them attractive sources of data for social network research. When studying the usage of online social networks, these data may not describe properly users’ behaviours.
Parris, Iain   +5 more
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The role of social networks in students’ learning experiences [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The aim of this research is to investigate the role of social networks in computer science education. The Internet shows great potential for enhancing collaboration between people and the role of social software has become increasingly relevant in recent
Liccardi, Ilaria   +15 more
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Privacy-enhanced social network routing in opportunistic networks [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Opportunistic networking-forwarding messages in a disconnected mobile ad hoc network via any encountered nodes-offers a new mechanism for exploiting the mobile devices that many users already carry.
Bigwood, Gregory John   +5 more
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Bootstrapping opportunistic networks using social roles [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Opportunistic routing protocols can enable message delivery in disconnected networks of mobile devices. To conserve energy in mobile environments, such routing protocols must minimise unnecessary message-forwarding.
Greg Bigwood   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Social networks : the future for health care delivery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
With the rapid growth of online social networking for health, health care systems are experiencing an inescapable increase in complexity. This is not necessarily a drawback; self-organising, adaptive networks could become central to future health care ...
Boardman, Felicity K.   +7 more
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Towards reproducibility in online social network research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This work was supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/J500549/1].The challenge of conducting reproducible computational research is acknowledged across myriad disciplines from biology to computer science.
Hutton, Luke, Henderson, Tristan
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Privacy-enhanced social-network routing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This work is supported by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Technology Strategy Board as part of the Privacy Value Networks project, EP/G002606/1.Opportunistic networking—forwarding messages in a disconnected mobile ad hoc
Parris, Iain Siraj   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Opportunistic Social Networks for Academia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This paper begins by describing the behavioural shift in online interactivity and how it has empowered the growth of online social networks and emergent forms of social awareness.
Tiropanis, Thanassis   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Big and broad social data and the sociological imagination : A collaborative response [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We wish to thank the UK Economic and Social Research Council (grant numbers ES/K008013/1 and ES/J009903/1), the National Centre for Research Methods, the Digital Social Research programme and the UK Joint Information Systems Committee (Digital ...
Luke Sloan   +26 more
core   +1 more source

Diffusion of Latent Semantic Analysis as a Research Tool: A Social Network Analysis Approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) is a relatively new research tool with a wide range of applications in different fields ranging from discourse analysis to cognitive science, from information retrieval to machine learning and so on. In this paper, we chart
Darvish, Hamid   +3 more
core   +1 more source

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