A Survey on Information Diffusion in Online Social Networks

Abstract

Nowadays, social networks have become a critical data dissemination platform with the drastic proliferation of social networks and the growing recipient of data. In this paper, recent successful works of information diffusion in online social networks are introduced. We summarize several classic information diffusion models like an explanatory model: the SI Model, the SIS Model, the SIRS Model; predictive Model: Independent Cascade Model, Linear Threshold Model. Then, we discuss some applications of those information diffusion model in different social networks.