Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users
Because of the complexity of the actors and the relationships between them, social networks are always represented by graphs. This structure makes it possible to analyze the effectiveness of the network for the social actors who are there. This work presents a social network analysis approach that f...
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| author | Suleiman Ali Alsaif Adel Hidri Minyar Sassi Hidri |
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| description | Because of the complexity of the actors and the relationships between them, social networks are always represented by graphs. This structure makes it possible to analyze the effectiveness of the network for the social actors who are there. This work presents a social network analysis approach that focused on processing Facebook pages and users who react to posts to infer influential people. In our study, we are particularly interested in studying the relationships between the posts of the page, and the reactions of fans (users) towards these posts. The topics covered include data crawling, graph modeling, and exploratory analysis using statistical tools and machine learning algorithms. We seek to detect influential people in the sense that the influence of a Facebook user lies in their ability to transmit and disseminate information. Once determined, these users have an impact on business for a specific brand. The proposed exploratory analysis has shown that the network structure and its properties have important implications for the outcome of interest. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ae9f558f4d64c87b63ef34cb5065c8a2023-11-21T18:52:18ZengMDPI AGComputers2073-431X2021-05-011056210.3390/computers10050062Towards Inferring Influential Facebook UsersSuleiman Ali Alsaif0Adel Hidri1Minyar Sassi Hidri2Computer Department, Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi ArabiaComputer Department, Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi ArabiaComputer Department, Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, P.O. Box 1982, Dammam 31441, Saudi ArabiaBecause of the complexity of the actors and the relationships between them, social networks are always represented by graphs. This structure makes it possible to analyze the effectiveness of the network for the social actors who are there. This work presents a social network analysis approach that focused on processing Facebook pages and users who react to posts to infer influential people. In our study, we are particularly interested in studying the relationships between the posts of the page, and the reactions of fans (users) towards these posts. The topics covered include data crawling, graph modeling, and exploratory analysis using statistical tools and machine learning algorithms. We seek to detect influential people in the sense that the influence of a Facebook user lies in their ability to transmit and disseminate information. Once determined, these users have an impact on business for a specific brand. The proposed exploratory analysis has shown that the network structure and its properties have important implications for the outcome of interest.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/10/5/62social networksgraphsdata crawlingfacebookmachine learningdata visualization |
| spellingShingle | Suleiman Ali Alsaif Adel Hidri Minyar Sassi Hidri Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users Computers social networks graphs data crawling machine learning data visualization |
| title | Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users |
| title_full | Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users |
| title_fullStr | Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users |
| title_full_unstemmed | Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users |
| title_short | Towards Inferring Influential Facebook Users |
| title_sort | towards inferring influential facebook users |
| topic | social networks graphs data crawling machine learning data visualization |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-431X/10/5/62 |
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