Data Mining Techniques for Social Networks Analysis

Community: Groups of individuals in a network such that the nodes in the group are more densely connected to each other and less densely connected to nodes outside the group Data mining: Extraction of knowledge from data Homophily: Tendency of individuals to form connection with others who are similar to them Social influence: The influence of a node in a network on its direct and indirect neighbors Social media: Web and mobile technologies used to facilitate interactions among individuals Social network: A set of individuals related to each other based on a relationship of interest Definition A social network is defined as a set of individuals related to each other based on a relationship of interest, such as friendship, advisory, co-location, and trust. Social network analysis is the study of behaviors and properties of these networked individuals. The interest of the data mining community in social network….