• DocumentCode
    1330658
  • Title

    Estimating User Influence in the MedHelp Social Network

  • Author

    Yang, Christopher C. ; Tang, Xuning

  • Volume
    27
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    44
  • Lastpage
    50
  • Abstract
    A method of identifying influential users in an online healthcare community incorporates users´ message similarity and response immediacy.
  • Keywords
    Internet; health care; social networking (online); MedHelp social network; influential users; online healthcare community; user influence estimation; Algorithm design and analysis; Communities; Diseases; Internet; Medical services; Online services; Social network services; PageRank; UserRank; Web 2.0; content analysis; health informatics; link analysis; social computing; social influence; social medial analytics; social networking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Intelligent Systems, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1541-1672
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIS.2010.113
  • Filename
    5582065