This book offers a comprehensive exploration of computational social networks, focusing on the algorithmic and optimization aspects crucial for applications across diverse domains. As social data proliferates through platforms like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Skype, the need for efficient techniques to extract meaningful insights becomes paramount. This volume provides readers with a robust foundation in computational methods tailored for social networks.Key concepts include combinator...

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, AAIM 2022, which was held online during August 13-14, 2022. The conference was originally planned to take place in Guangzhou, China, but changed to a virtual event due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 41 regular papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 59 submissions.

This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2020, held in Dallas, TX, USA, in December 2020.The 55 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers are grouped into the following topics: Approximation Algorithms; Scheduling; Network Optimization; Complexity and Logic; Search, Facility and Graphs; Geometric Problem; Sensors, Vehicles and Gra...

This two volume set LNCS 14422-14423 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference, COCOON 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 2023.The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Combinatorics and Algorithms; Algorithmic Solution in Applications; and Algorithm in Networks.Part II: Complexity and Approximation; Graph Algorithms; and Appl...

This book presents recent developments on the theoretical, algorithmic, and application aspects of Big Data in Complex and Social Networks. The book consists of four parts, covering a wide range of topics.The first part of the book focuses on data storage and data processing. It explores how the efficient storage of data can fundamentally support intensive data access and queries, which enables sophisticated analysis. It also looks at how data processing and visual...

Introductory courses in combinatorial optimization are popular at the upper undergraduate/graduate levels in computer science, industrial engineering, and business management/OR, owed to its wide applications in these fields. There are several published textbooks that treat this course and the authors have used many of them in their own teaching experiences. This present text fills a gap and is organized with a stress on methodology and relevant content, providing a step-by-step approach f...

This book will serve as a reference, presenting state-of-the-art research on theoretical aspects of optimal sensor coverage problems. Readers will find it a useful tool for furthering developments on theory and applications of optimal coverage; much of the content can serve as material for advanced topics courses at the graduate level. The book is well versed with the hottest research topics such as Lifetime of Coverage, Weighted Sensor Cover, k-Coverage, Heterogeneous Sensors, Ba...

This two volume set volume LNCS 14422-14423 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 29th International Conference, COCOON 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 2023.The 60 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 146 submissions. They are organized in the following topical sections:Part I : Combinatorics and Algorithms; Algorithmic Solution in Applications; and Algorithm in Networks.Part II: Complexity and Approximation; Graph Algorithms; a...

The two-volume set LNCS 14461 and LNCS 14462 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications, COCOA 2023, held in Hawaii, HI, USA, during December 15–17, 2023.The 73 full papers included in the proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from 117 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows:Part I: Optimization in graphs; scheduling; set-related optimization; applied optimizatio...

This self-contained book describes social influence from a computational point of view, with a focus on recent and practical applications, models, algorithms and open topics for future research. Researchers, scholars, postgraduates and developers interested in research on social networking and the social influence related issues will find this book useful and motivating. The latest research on social computing is presented along with and illustrations on how to understand and manipulate so...

Clustering is an important technique for discovering relatively dense sub-regions or sub-spaces of a multi-dimension data distribution. Clus tering has been used in information retrieval for many different purposes, such as query expansion, document grouping, document indexing, and visualization of search results. In this book, we address issues of cluster ing algorithms, evaluation methodologies, applications, and architectures for information retrieval. The first two chapters discuss clu...

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Wireless Internet, WiCON 2022, held in November 2022. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held virtually.The 16 full papers were selected from 45 submissions and are grouped into the following topics: Security and privacy; blockchain and wireless networks; Resource management, routing, and internet computing; social networks and learning.