A hybrid human dynamics model on analyzing hotspots in social networks
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instance of: scholarly article
title: A hybrid human dynamics model on analyzing hotspots in social networks
zbMATH Open document ID: 1253.91159
DOI: 10.1155/2012/678286
author: Yunpeng Xiao
author: Bai Wang
author: Bin Wu
author: Zhixian Yan
author: Shousheng Jia
author: Yanbing Liu
published in: Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
publication date: 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z
review text: Summary: The increasing development of social networks provides a unique source for analyzing human dynamics in the modern age. In this paper, we analyze the top-one Internet forum in China (``Tianya Club'') and identify the statistical properties of hotspots, which can promptly reflect the crowd events in people's real-life. Empirical observations indicate that the interhotspot distribution follows a power law. To further understand the mechanism of such dynamic phenomena, we propose a hybrid human dynamic model that combines ``memory'' of individual and ``interaction'' among people. To build a rich simulation and evaluate this hybrid model, we apply three different network datasets (i.e., WS network, BA network, and Karate-Club). Our simulation results are consistent with the empirical studies, which indicate that the model can provide a good understanding of the dynamic mechanism of crowd events using such social networking data. We additionally analyze the sensitivity of model parameters and find the optimal model settings.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 91D30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 68M11
zbMATH DE Number: 6116514
zbMATH Keywords: dynamic mechanism
zbMATH Keywords: crowd events
zbMATH Keywords: social networking data
Wikidata QID: Q57715726
MaRDI profile type: Publication
full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/678286
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