Title :
Social Community Analysis via a Factor Graph Model
Author :
Zi Yang ; Jie Tang ; Juanzi Li ; Wenjun Yang
Author_Institution :
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
Formalizing social networks in a factor graph model and using a learning algorithm to estimate the pairwise social influence between nodes can help inform multilevel social community analysis.
Keywords :
graph theory; learning (artificial intelligence); social aspects of automation; social networking (online); factor graph model; learning algorithm; multilevel social community analysis; social networks; Algorithm design and analysis; Facebook; Large-scale systems; Social factors; Social network services; Sociology; Twitter; Intelligent systems; community analysis; factor graph; representative user; social influence; social network;
Journal_Title :
Intelligent Systems, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIS.2010.55
