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Reliable online social network data collection [PDF]

, 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, Abdesslem, Fehmi Ben, Fehmi Ben Abdesslem, Henderson, Tristan, Iain Parris, Tristan Henderson   +5 more
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Privacy-enhanced social network routing in opportunistic networks [PDF]

, 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, Henderson, Tristan Nicholas Hoang, Greg Bigwood, Parris, Iain Siraj, Iain Parris, Tristan Henderson   +5 more
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Bootstrapping opportunistic networks using social roles [PDF]

, 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, Henderson, Tristan, Tristan Henderson, Bigwood, Greg   +3 more
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The impact of location privacy on opportunistic networks [PDF]

, 2011
Opportunistic networking involves forwarding messages between proximate users, who may or may not know one another. This assumes that users are willing to forward messages to each other. This assumption may not hold if users are concerned about using the
Parris, Iain, Henderson, Tristan, Iain Parris, Tristan Henderson   +3 more
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Mining Antagonistic Communities From Social Networks [PDF]

, 2010
In this thesis, we examine the problem of mining antagonistic communities from social networks. In social networks, people with opposite opinions normally behave differently and form sub-communities each of which containing people sharing some common ...
David Lo, Ee-Peng Lim, ZHANG, Kuan, Kuan Zhang, LO, David, LIM, Ee Peng   +5 more
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On social networks and collaborative recommendation [PDF]

, 2009
Social network systems, like last.fm, play a significant role in Web 2.0, containing large amounts of multimedia-enriched data that are enhanced both by explicit user-provided annotations and implicit aggregated feedback describing the personal ...
Stathopoulos, Vassilios, Vassilios Stathopoulos, Jose, J.M., Ioannis Konstas, Stathopoulos, V., Joemon M. Jose, Konstas, Ioannis; id_orcid, Konstas, I., Jose, Joemon M.   +8 more
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Social networks : the future for health care delivery [PDF]

, 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., Cohen, Alan B., Ren, Justin, Ball, Robin, Griffiths, Frances, Cave, Jonathan A. K., Pawlikowska, T., Clarke, Aileen   +7 more
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Opportunistic Social Networks for Academia [PDF]

, 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, Leedham, James
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Live Social Semantics [PDF]

, 2009
Social interactions are one of the key factors to the success of conferences and similar community gatherings. This paper describes a novel application that integrates data from the semantic web, online social networks, and a real-world contact sensing ...
Gianluca Correndo, Harith Alani, Szomszor, Martin, Ciro Cattuto, Alain Barrat, Alani, Harith, den Broeck, Wouter Van, Cattuto, Ciro, Van den Broeck, Wouter, Wouter Van den Broeck, Martin Szomszor, Barrat, Alain, Correndo, Gianluca, Cattuto, C   +13 more
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Word usage mirrors community structure in the online social network Twitter [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Language has functions that transcend the transmission of information and varies with social context. To find out how language and social network structure interlink, we studied communication on Twitter, a broadly-used online messaging ...
Jansen, Vincent AA, John Bryden, Funk, Sebastian, Vincent AA Jansen, Bryden, John, Sebastian Funk   +5 more
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