An Empirical Study of Virtual Social Networks

Liguo Yu, Yingmei Li
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Virtual social network is a kind of social network established through indirect interactions between individuals, especially through online interactions. Virtual social network has significant implications on business operations, governing, scientific research, and social relations. This paper describes several virtual social networks and studies their properties and effects using empirical approach and computer simulations. Furthermore, the authors find that these virtual social networks have similar distributions with respect to the frequency of nodes and different edges. These distributions are similar between directed networks and undirected networks. In addition, through simulations they demonstrate that the roles played by different nodes in a virtual social network are unequal. Limitations of this study and future research directions are also presented.
虚拟社会网络的实证研究
虚拟社会网络是指个体之间通过间接互动,特别是通过在线互动建立起来的一种社会网络。虚拟社会网络在商业运作、治理、科学研究和社会关系等方面具有重要意义。本文描述了几种虚拟社会网络,并利用经验方法和计算机模拟研究了它们的性质和影响。此外,作者发现这些虚拟社交网络在节点频率和不同边缘方面具有相似的分布。这些分布在有向网络和无向网络之间是相似的。此外,他们还通过仿真证明了虚拟社会网络中不同节点所扮演的角色是不平等的。并指出了本研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。
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