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An Efficient Algorithm for Clarification of Rumors with Limited Costs in Social Networks

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Abstract

Nowadays, the information about COVID-19 is spreading widely on social networks while rumors about it are also propagating quickly. When users receive two opposing opinions, they are more likely to accept the information with greater impact. Therefore, there is an urgent need to clarify rumors. Given the cost Ctotal, the rumor clarifying problem aims to find a seed set with at most k users such that the total number of the users influenced by positive information can be maximized. In this paper, we propose a Cost-Randomized Greedy algorithm called CRG to solve the rumor clarifying problem. It runs in O((n-r)mC{total}), where n, m and r are the number of nodes, edges and the initial rumor nodes, respectively. Extensive contrast experiments on online networks show that our algorithm is much more efficient than the state-of-The art methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2020 IEEE 22nd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, IEEE 18th International Conference on Smart City and IEEE 6th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, HPCC-SmartCity-DSS 2020
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages393-400
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781728176499
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2020
Externally publishedYes
Event22nd IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 18th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 6th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, HPCC-SmartCity-DSS 2020 - Virtual, Fiji, Fiji
Duration: 14 Dec 202016 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2020 IEEE 22nd International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, IEEE 18th International Conference on Smart City and IEEE 6th International Conference on Data Science and Systems, HPCC-SmartCity-DSS 2020

Conference

Conference22nd IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications, 18th IEEE International Conference on Smart City and 6th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems, HPCC-SmartCity-DSS 2020
Country/TerritoryFiji
CityVirtual, Fiji
Period14/12/2016/12/20

Keywords

  • Clarify
  • Negative credibility
  • Positive credibility
  • Rumor
  • Social network

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