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
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