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Causal Inference for Influence Propagation -- Identifiability of the Independent Cascade Model
Shi Feng, Wei Chen
Independent cascade (IC) model is a widely used influence propagation model for social networks. In this paper, we incorporate the concept and techniques from causal inference to s…
Maximizing Social Welfare in a Competitive Diffusion Model
Prithu Banerjee, Wei Chen, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan
Influence maximization (IM) has garnered a lot of attention in the literature owing to applications such as viral marketing and infection containment. It aims to select a small num…
Factorization Bandits for Online Influence Maximization
Qingyun Wu, Zhige Li, Huazheng Wang +2
We study the problem of online influence maximization in social networks. In this problem, a learner aims to identify the set of "best influencers" in a network by interacting with…
Maximizing Welfare in Social Networks under a Utility Driven Influence Diffusion Model
Prithu Banerjee, Wei Chen, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan
Motivated by applications such as viral marketing, the problem of influence maximization (IM) has been extensively studied in the literature. The goal is to select a small number o…
Boosting Information Spread: An Algorithmic Approach
Yishi Lin, Wei Chen, John C. S. Lui
The majority of influence maximization (IM) studies focus on targeting influential seeders to trigger substantial information spread in social networks. In this paper, we consider…
Cumulative Effect in Information Diffusion: A Comprehensive Empirical Study on Microblogging Network
Peng Bao, Hua-Wei Shen, Wei Chen +1
Cumulative effect in social contagions underlies many studies on the spread of innovation, behaviors, and influence. However, few large-scale empirical studies are conducted to val…