OCTOPUS: An online topic-aware influence analysis system for social networks

• Main Authors: FAN, Ju, QIU, Jiarong, LI, Yuchen, MENG, Qingfei, ZHANG, Dongxiang, LI, Guoliang, TAN, Kian-Lee, DU, Xiaoyong
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Influence Analysis; Social Networks; Topic Model; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/4008; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/5010/viewcontent/octopus.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

The wide adoption of social networks has brought a new demand on influence analysis. This paper presents OCTOPUS that offers social network users and analysts valuable insights through topic-aware social influence analysis services. OCTOPUS has the following novel features. First, OCTOPUS provides a...