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Algorithms, Networks, and Social Phenomena

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We consider the development of computational models for systems involving social networks and large human audiences. In particular, we focus on the spread of information and behavior through such systems, and the ways in which these processes are affected by the underlying network structure.

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  1. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA

    Jon Kleinberg

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Postboks 7803, 5020, Bergen, Norway

    Fedor V. Fomin

  2. Faculty of Computing, University of Latvia, Raina bulv. 19, 1586, Riga, Latvia

    Rūsiņš Freivalds

  3. Department of Computer Science, Wolfson Building, Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX1 3QD, Oxford, UK

    Marta Kwiatkowska

  4. Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, POB 26, 76100, Rehovot, Israel

    David Peleg

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Kleinberg, J. (2013). Algorithms, Networks, and Social Phenomena. In: Fomin, F.V., Freivalds, R., Kwiatkowska, M., Peleg, D. (eds) Automata, Languages, and Programming. ICALP 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7966. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39212-2_1

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