Malicious code is an increasingly important problem that threatens the security of computer
systems. The traditional line of defense against malware is composed of malware detectors …

For the purpose of propagating information and ideas through a social network, a seeding
strategy aims to find a small set of seed users that are able to maximize the spread of the …

In complex networks, the nodes with most spreading ability are called influential nodes. In
many applications such as viral marketing, identification of most influential nodes and …

Identifying high spreading power nodes is an interesting problem in social networks. Finding
super spreader nodes becomes an arduous task when the nodes appear in large numbers …

Information can be disseminated widely and rapidly through Online Social Networks (OSNs)
with “word-of-mouth” effects. Viral marketing is such a typical application in which new …

The influence maximization problem (IMP) is one of the most important topics in social
network analysis. It consists of finding the smallest seed of users that maximizes the …

We take a logical approach to threshold models, used to study the diffusion of opinions, new
technologies, infections, or behaviors in social networks. Threshold models consist of a …

Imagine we are introducing a new product through a social network, where we know for
each user in the network the purchase probability curve with respect to discount. Then, what …

Misinformation and rumor can spread rapidly and widely through online social networks and
therefore rumor controlling has become a critical issue. It is assumed in the existing works …

Current obstacles in the study of social media marketing include dealing with massive data
and real-time updates have motivated to contribute solutions that can be adopted for viral …