Social Networks: Models of Information Influence, Control and Confrontation

Download or read book Social Networks: Models of Information Influence, Control and Confrontation written by Alexander G. Chkhartishvili and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-30 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the well-known results and also presents a series of original results on the mathematical modeling of social networks, focusing on models of informational influence, control and confrontation. Online social networks are intended for communication, opinion exchange and information acquisition for their members, but recently, online social networks have been intensively used as the objects and means of informational control and an arena of informational confrontation. They have become a powerful informational influence tool, particularly for the manipulation of individuals, social groups and society as a whole, as well as a battlefield of information warfare (cyberwars). This book aimed at under- and postgraduate university students as well as experts in information technology and modeling of social systems and processes.