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Web Mining Techniques for On-Line Social Networks Analysis: An Overview

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Web Mining Applications in E-commerce and E-services

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 172))

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On-line social networking has become a very popular application of Web 2.0 ages. This chapter provides a study about the issues of using web mining techniques for on-line social networks analysis. Techniques and concepts of web mining and social networks analysis will be introduced and reviewed in this chapter as well as a discussion about how to use web mining techniques for on-line social networks analysis. Moreover, in this chapter, a process to use web mining for on-line social networks analysis is proposed, which can be treated as a general process in this research area. Discussions of the challenges and future research are also included in this chapter.

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    Hui-Ju Wu

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Ting, IH., Wu, HJ. (2009). Web Mining Techniques for On-Line Social Networks Analysis: An Overview. In: Ting, IH., Wu, HJ. (eds) Web Mining Applications in E-commerce and E-services. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88081-3_10

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