Approximations of the generalized cascade model

The study of infection processes is an important field of science both from the theoretical and the practical point of view, and has many applications. In this paper we focus on the popular Independent Cascade model and its generalization. Unfortunately the exact computation of infection probabiliti...

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Elmentve itt :
Bibliográfiai részletek
Szerzők: Bóta András
Krész Miklós
Pluhár András
Dokumentumtípus: Cikk
Megjelent: 2013
Sorozat:Acta cybernetica 21 No. 1
Kulcsszavak:Számítástechnika, Kibernetika
Tárgyszavak:
doi:10.14232/actacyb.21.1.2013.4

Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/30848
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Tartalmi kivonat:The study of infection processes is an important field of science both from the theoretical and the practical point of view, and has many applications. In this paper we focus on the popular Independent Cascade model and its generalization. Unfortunately the exact computation of infection probabilities is a #P-complete problem [8], so one cannot expect fast exact algorithms. We propose several methods to efficiently compute infection patterns with acceptable accuracy. We will also examine the possibility of substituting the Independent Cascade model with a computationally more tractable model.
Terjedelem/Fizikai jellemzők:37-51
ISSN:0324-721X