Can Cascades be Predicted?
Social networks play a central role in spreading of information, ideas, behaviors, and products. As such “contagions” diffuse from a person to person they may go “viral,” and large cascades can form. However, a growing…
Social networks play a central role in spreading of information, ideas, behaviors, and products. As such “contagions” diffuse from a person to person they may go “viral,” and large cascades can form. However, a growing…
This project aims to understand and characterize user behavior in online social networks. Specifically, we posit, analyze, and validate different models of formation and evolution of opinions in social networks. We characterize our models both…