Learning circles in social networks.

dc.contributor.advisorVaughn, Randal L.
dc.creatorGhosh, Debopriya. 1989-
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-22T16:16:37Z
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-07T19:35:21Z
dc.date.available2015-05-22T16:16:37Z
dc.date.available2017-04-07T19:35:21Z
dc.date.created2015-05
dc.date.issued2015-03-27
dc.date.submittedMay 2015
dc.date.updated2015-05-22T16:16:38Z
dc.description.abstractSocial networks are ubiquitous. One of the main organizing principles in these real world networks is that of network communities, where sets of nodes organize into densely inked clusters. Identifying such close-knit clusters is crucial for the understanding of the structure as well as the function of these real world networks. We implement an efficient variation of Kernel Spectral Clustering to infer the community affiliation by taking a well represented subgraph of the parent network along with a new notion of cluster mining on feature space to harness the vast amount of rich information stored in users' profile. The proposed method is memory and computationally more efficient than prevalent state-of-art methods. We empirically evaluate our approach against several real world datasets like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and demonstrate its effectiveness in detecting community affiliations in sparse networks.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2104/9330
dc.language.isoen
dc.rights.accessrightsWorldwide access.
dc.subjectEgonets
dc.subjectAlters
dc.subjectSocial networks
dc.subjectSocial networking
dc.subjectKernel Spectral Clustering
dc.titleLearning circles in social networks.
dc.typeThesis
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