Modeling User Reputation in Online Social Networks: The Role of Costs, Benefits, and Reciprocity
We analyze an agent-based model to estimate how the costs and benefits of users in an online social network (OSN) impact the robustness of the OSN. Benefits are measured in terms of relative reputation that users receive from their followers. They can be increased by direct and indirect reciprocity...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-09-01
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Series: | Entropy |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/10/1073 |