Parallel social network crawler system

• Main Author: Lim, Ivan Wei Jie.
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Computer system implementation; DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computer systems organization::Performance of systems
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48449
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Crawling social network data can uncover interesting phenomena for a variety of usage. However it is also generally sluggish due to the fact that it requires 3rd party services over a competitive network. These services are provided at their discretion and their usage quota needs to be complied. The...