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Location-Based Social Networks

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Synonyms

Geo-social networking services; Location-based social networking services

Glossary

Check-in:

A record of a user in location-based networking service announcing her/his visit to a physical place and sharing this information to her/his friends

GPS:

Global Positioning System

LBSNs:

Location-based social networking services

Location-based services (LBS) :

Online services that facilitate search and/or access of specific data objects based on the use of location of the user and objects

Social links:

The specified connections among users in social networking systems

Social networking services:

Online services that facilitate their users to communicate and to share personal information/opinions with friends

UGGSD:

User-generated geo-social data

Definition

Social networking servicesare online services, platforms, or websites that facilitate their users to communicate and to share information such as interests, ideas, opinions, news, articles, activities, and events photographs with...

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The authors thank the editors, Professors Gao Cong and Dr. Bee-Chung Chen, and anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments to improve the quality of this article.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

    Wang-Chien Lee

  2. Pinterest, Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA

    Mao Ye

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  1. Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. University of Calgary Computer Science, Calgary, Canada

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  1. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, Singapore

    Gao Cong

  2. LinkedIn, Mountain View, CA, United States

    Bee-Chung Chen

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Lee, WC., Ye, M. (2017). Location-Based Social Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7163-9_319-1

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