Recognizing direct relationships between variables connected in a network is a pervasive
problem in biological, social and information sciences as correlation-based networks …

Identifying influential spreaders in networks is an essential issue in order to prevent
epidemic spreading, or to accelerate information diffusion. Several centrality measures take …

Social networks are important for finding jobs, but which ties are most useful? Granovetter
has suggested that “weak ties” are more valuable than “strong ties,” since strong ties have …

With the present study, I explore the function, meaning, and empowerment potential of
masturbation for 765 American women. The sample was somewhat diverse, but primarily …

Although community structure is ubiquitous in complex networks, few works exploit this
topological property to control epidemics. In this work, devoted to networks with non …

Query personalization has emerged as a means to handle the issue of information volume
growth, aiming to tailor query answer results to match the goals and interests of each user …

Remanufacturing is one of the most examined topics in the closed-loop supply chain (CLSC)
literature. However, we still have limited knowledge on the characteristics of the market for …

Collective emotional behavior of users is frequently observed on various Web portals;
however, its complexity and the role of emotions in the acting mechanisms are still not …

In online communications, patterns of conduct of individual actors and use of emotions in the
process can lead to a complex social graph exhibiting multilayered structure and …

Quantitative study of collective dynamics in online social networks is a new challenge based
on the abundance of empirical data. Conclusions, however, may depend on factors such as …