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SUMMARY:The diffusion of trends on social networks. - Moez Draief\, Imperi
 al College London
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CONTACT:Neil Walton
DESCRIPTION:Models of influence spread have been studied in a number of do
 mains\, including the effect of 'word of mouth' in the\npromotion of new p
 roducts or the diffusion of technologies. A social network can be represen
 ted by a graph where the nodes are\nindividuals and the edges indicate a f
 orm of social relationship. The flow of influence through a network can be
  thought of as an\nincreasing process of active nodes: as individuals beco
 me aware of new trend\, they have the potential to pass them on to their\n
 neighbours.  We will present a mathematical model  of the dynamics of casc
 ading behaviours on general networks and analyse the outcome of such proce
 sses. 
LOCATION:MR15\, CMS\, Wilberforce Road\, Cambridge\, CB3 0WB
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