Twitter structure as a composition of two distinct networks

Meng Tong; Ameya Sanzgiri; DImitrios Koutsonikolas; Shambhu Upadhyaya

doi:10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440622

Twitter structure as a composition of two distinct networks

Meng Tong
, Ameya Sanzgiri
, DImitrios Koutsonikolas
, Shambhu Upadhyaya

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

University at Buffalo

SUNY Buffalo

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

In this paper, we study the structure and formation of TWitter and attempt to answer the role of TWitter - as news media or social network. Our analysis indicates that the Twitter network can be formally modeled as a composition of two main networks that have distinct roles in information propagation. Following this we also propose a concise configurable two-step model that generates a Twitter-like network to facilitate the development of a simulation platform for future research. We verify the validity of the proposed model by empirically analyzing two large datasets containing the topological information of Twitter and study its properties by means of mathematical analysis and simulation.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467385794
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440622
State	Published - Mar 23 2016
Event	International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016 - Kauai, United States Duration: Feb 15 2016 → Feb 18 2016

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Name	2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016

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Conference	International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Kauai
Period	02/15/16 → 02/18/16

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Tong, M., Sanzgiri, A., Koutsonikolas, DI., & Upadhyaya, S. (2016). Twitter structure as a composition of two distinct networks. In 2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016 Article 7440622 (2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440622

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Twitter structure as a composition of two distinct networks. / Tong, Meng; Sanzgiri, Ameya; Koutsonikolas, DImitrios et al.
2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. 7440622 (2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016).

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Tong M, Sanzgiri A, Koutsonikolas DI, Upadhyaya S. Twitter structure as a composition of two distinct networks. In 2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2016. 7440622. (2016 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2016). doi: 10.1109/ICCNC.2016.7440622

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