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Lognormal Infection Times of Online Information Spread
- Source :
- PLoS ONE; May2013, Vol. 8 Issue 5, p1-6, 6p
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- The infection times of individuals in online information spread such as the inter-arrival time of Twitter messages or the propagation time of news stories on a social media site can be explained through a convolution of lognormally distributed observation and reaction times of the individual participants. Experimental measurements support the lognormal shape of the individual contributing processes, and have resemblance to previously reported lognormal distributions of human behavior and contagious processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 88376709
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064349