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A conceptual approach to online social networks analysis

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This paper introduces a constructive approach to online social networks analysis. We suggest a conceptual model of a social network, formulate major problems of analysis and control in social networks, describe methods and algorithms for activity analysis in social networks, as well as technologies for social networks monitoring and analysis.

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Original Russian Text © D.A. Gubanov, A.G. Chkhartishvili, 2013, published in Upravlenie Bol’shimi Sistemami, 2013, No. 45, pp. 222–236.

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Gubanov, D.A., Chkhartishvili, A.G. A conceptual approach to online social networks analysis. Autom Remote Control 76, 1455–1462 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S000511791508010X

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