Title
An Exponential Triangle Model For The Facebook Network Based On Big Data
Abstract
Social networks have become one of the most important research platforms in the big data era. Modelling social networks enables researchers and engineers to understand and analyze their intrinsic properties thereby implementing their real applications. A number of studies on social network modelling focus on a few characteristics, such as the number of edges (i.e., two-star motifs), scale-free degree distribution, and assortative property. This paper proposes an exponential triangle model for a typical social network, namely the Facebook network, established based on big data, and further analyzes its primary attributes of common interest on topological features. This new model has a power-law node-degree distribution with a flat top and an exponential cut-off tail, in remarkable agreement with one large-scale Facebook dataset. It can be used to predict future links of the Facebook network and help improve the friend-recommendation system. Furthermore, this work provides a useful graph-theoretic tool for Facebook network studies and enhances potential applications of social networks in general.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
2017 IEEE 15TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL INFORMATICS (INDIN)
Data science,Data modeling,Algorithm design,Social network,Triangle model,Computer science,Degree distribution,Complex network,Big data,Instrumental and intrinsic value
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
1935-4576
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
2
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Dong Yang111618.09
Tommy W. S. Chow21904141.76
Yichao Zhang324.08
Guanrong Chen4123781130.81