The Impact of Trendy Topics on Information Diffusion
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Winter 11-21-2023
Abstract
This paper presents a new information diffusion model that studies the impact of trendy topics on the diffusion process based on content analysis. The suggested model ( Math 1) extends the SIR model by adding the topic weight (tw) that mirrors the topic significance reflected on the infection rate. In which, the new infection rate (λtw) will be calculated by multiplying the normal infection rate (λ) with the topic weight (tw). An experimental study has been conducted on trendy and non-trendy topics and the results are compared to the classical SIR model. The simulation results of the Math 2 model using Mathematica show the early diffusion of the trendy topics. It has been concluded that the number of infected accounts will accelerate within a shorter time due to the impact of the trendy topics. Therefore, the proposed model ( Math 3) better reflects the diffusion …
Recommended Citation
Fahmy, Sara G., Rana Khalil, Hebat Allah Adel Moukhtar, Doaa S. Elzanfaly, and Khaled M. Abdelgaber. "The Impact of Trendy Topics on Information Diffusion." In Proceedings of the 2023 12th International Conference on Software and Information Engineering, pp. 39-45. 2023.