计算机科学技术学报（英文版）
計算機科學技術學報（英文版）
계산궤과학기술학보（영문판）
JOURNAL OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
2015年
1期
184-199
,共16页
social network analysis%review%social influence%individual%community
Social network analysis (SNA) views social relationships in terms of network theory consisting of nodes and ties. Nodes are the individual actors within the networks; ties are the relationships between the actors. In the sequel, we will use the term node and individual interchangeably. The relationship could be friendship, communication, trust, etc. These reason is that these relationships and ties are driven by social influence, which is the most important phenomenon that distinguishes social network from other networks. In this paper, we present an overview of the representative research work in social influence study. Those studies can be classified into three levels, namely individual, community, and network levels. Throughout the study, we are able to unveil a series of research directions in future and possible applications based on the state-of-the-art study.
