Beyond Local Influence: Improved Bounds, Exact Models and Efficient Algorithms for Component-Based Diffusion in Networks

Diffusion in networks is often modeled as a local neighbor-based process: a node becomes active as a result of influence exerted by its active neighbors. However, in many technological and communication settings, adoption is driven not only by local influence, but by access to sufficiently large active connected regions. This paper studies such component-based diffusion … Read more