Rumor spread in social network: Difference between revisions

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A standard model of rumor spreading was introduced by Daley and Kendall,<ref>Daley, D.J., and Kendal, D.G. 1965 Stochastic rumors, J. Inst. Maths Applics 1, p42.</ref> which is called DK model. Assume there are N people in total. And those people in the network are categorized into three groups: ignorants, spreaders and stiflers, which are denoted as S, I, and R respectively hereinafter:

*SI: people who are ignorant of the rumor;

*IS: people who actively spread the rumor;

*R: people who have heard the rumor, but no longer are interested in spreading it.