Investigation into the Social Network Dynamics

Student: Irshenko Ekaterina

Educational Programme: Electronic Business (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2016

The present paper is devoted to the topical scientific questions of analysis of social network dynamics. Basic concepts of network analysis are given. Classifications of social networks are studied. The most widespread models of social network analysis in dynamics are considered. The investigation into the application of a SIR epidemic model for prediction and analysis of information influence of news in a social network is presented in details. The dynamic network analysis is performed by means of simulation of the above-mentioned model on different types of networks by the use of R-studio analytic tool. The results are of interest to both the scientific community and SMM-analysts.

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