SOFSEM 2015: Theory and Practice of Computer Science
Book subtitle
41th International Conference on Current Trends in Theory and Practice of Computer Science, Pec pod Sněžkou, Czech Republic, January 24-29, 2015: proceedings
ISBN
9783662460771
ISBN (electronic)
9783662460788
Series
Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Event
SOFSEM 2015
Pages (from-to)
463-474
Publisher
Heidelberg: Springer
Organisations
Interfacultary Research - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC)
Abstract
We built a framework for analyzing the contents of large social networks, based on the approximate counting technique developed by Gonen and Shavitt. Our toolbox was used on data from a large forum—boards.ie—the most prominent community website in Ireland. For the purpose of this experiment, we were granted access to 10 years of forum data. This is the first time the approximate counting technique is tested on real-world, social network data.