Ebook: Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction: 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Washington, DC, USA, April 2-5, 2013. Proceedings

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
The Evolution of Paternal Care....Pages 1-10
Parent Training Resource Allocation Optimization Using an Agent-Based Model of Child Maltreatment....Pages 11-18
Influence and Power in Group Interactions....Pages 19-27
The Marketcast Method for Aggregating Prediction Market Forecasts....Pages 28-37
Peer Nominations and Its Relation to Interactions in a Computer Game....Pages 38-47
Predicting Personality Using Novel Mobile Phone-Based Metrics....Pages 48-55
Moral Values from Simple Game Play....Pages 56-64
An Agent-Based Model for Simultaneous Phone and SMS Traffic over Time....Pages 65-74
Reconstructing Online Behaviors by Effort Minimization....Pages 75-82
“Copping” in Heroin Markets: The Hidden Information Costs of Indirect Sales and Why They Matter....Pages 83-92
Cultural Polarization and the Role of Extremist Agents: A Simple Simulation Model....Pages 93-101
Using Imageability and Topic Chaining to Locate Metaphors in Linguistic Corpora....Pages 102-110
Automated Trading in Prediction Markets....Pages 111-122
Social Network Analysis of Peer Effects on Binge Drinking among U.S. Adolescents....Pages 123-134
Feedback Dynamic between Emotional Reinforcement and Healthy Eating: An Application of the Reciprocal Markov Model....Pages 135-143
Testing the Foundations of Quantal Response Equilibrium....Pages 144-153
Modeling the Social Response to a Disease Outbreak....Pages 154-163
Discovering Consumer Health Expressions from Consumer-Contributed Content....Pages 164-174
Patient-Centered Information Extraction for Effective Search on Healthcare Forum....Pages 175-183
Controlling for Population Variances in Health and Exposure Risk Using Randomized Matrix Based Mathematical Modeling....Pages 184-192
How Do E-Patients Connect Online? A Study of Social Support Roles in Health Social Networking....Pages 193-200
Dynamic Stochastic Blockmodels: Statistical Models for Time-Evolving Networks....Pages 201-210
LA-LDA: A Limited Attention Topic Model for Social Recommendation....Pages 211-220
Graph Formation Effects on Social Welfare and Inequality in a Networked Resource Game....Pages 221-230
Recommendation in Reciprocal and Bipartite Social Networks–A Case Study of Online Dating....Pages 231-239
In You We Follow: Determining the Group Leader in Dialogue....Pages 240-248
Pareto Distance for Multi-layer Network Analysis....Pages 249-256
Formation of Multiple Networks....Pages 257-264
A Flexible Framework for Probabilistic Models of Social Trust....Pages 265-273
Coauthor Prediction for Junior Researchers....Pages 274-283
Massive Media Event Data Analysis to Assess World-Wide Political Conflict and Instability....Pages 284-292
Sparsification and Sampling of Networks for Collective Classification....Pages 293-302
A Comparative Study of Social Media and Traditional Polling in the Egyptian Uprising of 2011....Pages 303-310
Hashtag Lifespan and Social Networks during the London Riots....Pages 311-320
A Text Cube Approach to Human, Social and Cultural Behavior in the Twitter Stream....Pages 321-330
Mapping Cyber-Collective Action among Female Muslim Bloggers for the Women to Drive Movement....Pages 331-340
Discovering Patterns in Social Networks with Graph Matching Algorithms....Pages 341-349
Critiquing Text Analysis in Social Modeling: Best Practices, Limitations, and New Frontiers....Pages 350-358
Which Targets to Contact First to Maximize Influence over Social Network....Pages 359-367
Intruder or Welcome Friend: Inferring Group Membership in Online Social Networks....Pages 368-376
Identifying Influential Twitter Users in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution....Pages 377-385
Analytical Methods to Investigate the Effects of External Influence on Socio-Cultural Opinion Evolution....Pages 386-393
Who Shall We Follow in Twitter for Cyber Vulnerability?....Pages 394-402
Respondent-Driven Sampling in Online Social Networks....Pages 403-411
Trade-Offs in Social and Behavioral Modeling in Mobile Networks....Pages 412-423
Privacy Protection in Personalized Web Search: A Peer Group-Based Approach....Pages 424-432
Detecting Anomalous Behaviors Using Structural Properties of Social Networks....Pages 433-440
Measuring User Credibility in Social Media....Pages 441-448
Financial Crisis, Omori’s Law, and Negative Entropy Flow....Pages 449-457
Trust Metrics and Results for Social Media Analysis....Pages 458-465
Predicting Mobile Call Behavior via Subspace Methods....Pages 466-475
Modeling the Interaction between Emergency Communications and Behavior in the Aftermath of a Disaster....Pages 476-485
Modeling the Dynamics of Dengue Fever....Pages 486-494
Improving Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation with Agent-Based Models....Pages 495-502
Geographic Profiling of Criminal Groups for Military Cordon and Search....Pages 503-512
Exploiting User Model Diversity in Forecast Aggregation....Pages 513-522
Risk-Based Models of Attacker Behavior in Cybersecurity....Pages 523-532
Back Matter....Pages -

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013, held in Washington, DC, USA in April 2013. The total of 57 contributions, which consists of papers and posters, included in this volume was carefully reviewed and selected from 137 submissions. This conference is strongly committed to multidisciplinarity, consistent with recent trends in computational social science and related fields. The topics covered are: behavioral science, health sciences, military science and information science. There are also many papers that provide methodological innovation as well as new domain-specific findings.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages -
The Evolution of Paternal Care....Pages 1-10
Parent Training Resource Allocation Optimization Using an Agent-Based Model of Child Maltreatment....Pages 11-18
Influence and Power in Group Interactions....Pages 19-27
The Marketcast Method for Aggregating Prediction Market Forecasts....Pages 28-37
Peer Nominations and Its Relation to Interactions in a Computer Game....Pages 38-47
Predicting Personality Using Novel Mobile Phone-Based Metrics....Pages 48-55
Moral Values from Simple Game Play....Pages 56-64
An Agent-Based Model for Simultaneous Phone and SMS Traffic over Time....Pages 65-74
Reconstructing Online Behaviors by Effort Minimization....Pages 75-82
“Copping” in Heroin Markets: The Hidden Information Costs of Indirect Sales and Why They Matter....Pages 83-92
Cultural Polarization and the Role of Extremist Agents: A Simple Simulation Model....Pages 93-101
Using Imageability and Topic Chaining to Locate Metaphors in Linguistic Corpora....Pages 102-110
Automated Trading in Prediction Markets....Pages 111-122
Social Network Analysis of Peer Effects on Binge Drinking among U.S. Adolescents....Pages 123-134
Feedback Dynamic between Emotional Reinforcement and Healthy Eating: An Application of the Reciprocal Markov Model....Pages 135-143
Testing the Foundations of Quantal Response Equilibrium....Pages 144-153
Modeling the Social Response to a Disease Outbreak....Pages 154-163
Discovering Consumer Health Expressions from Consumer-Contributed Content....Pages 164-174
Patient-Centered Information Extraction for Effective Search on Healthcare Forum....Pages 175-183
Controlling for Population Variances in Health and Exposure Risk Using Randomized Matrix Based Mathematical Modeling....Pages 184-192
How Do E-Patients Connect Online? A Study of Social Support Roles in Health Social Networking....Pages 193-200
Dynamic Stochastic Blockmodels: Statistical Models for Time-Evolving Networks....Pages 201-210
LA-LDA: A Limited Attention Topic Model for Social Recommendation....Pages 211-220
Graph Formation Effects on Social Welfare and Inequality in a Networked Resource Game....Pages 221-230
Recommendation in Reciprocal and Bipartite Social Networks–A Case Study of Online Dating....Pages 231-239
In You We Follow: Determining the Group Leader in Dialogue....Pages 240-248
Pareto Distance for Multi-layer Network Analysis....Pages 249-256
Formation of Multiple Networks....Pages 257-264
A Flexible Framework for Probabilistic Models of Social Trust....Pages 265-273
Coauthor Prediction for Junior Researchers....Pages 274-283
Massive Media Event Data Analysis to Assess World-Wide Political Conflict and Instability....Pages 284-292
Sparsification and Sampling of Networks for Collective Classification....Pages 293-302
A Comparative Study of Social Media and Traditional Polling in the Egyptian Uprising of 2011....Pages 303-310
Hashtag Lifespan and Social Networks during the London Riots....Pages 311-320
A Text Cube Approach to Human, Social and Cultural Behavior in the Twitter Stream....Pages 321-330
Mapping Cyber-Collective Action among Female Muslim Bloggers for the Women to Drive Movement....Pages 331-340
Discovering Patterns in Social Networks with Graph Matching Algorithms....Pages 341-349
Critiquing Text Analysis in Social Modeling: Best Practices, Limitations, and New Frontiers....Pages 350-358
Which Targets to Contact First to Maximize Influence over Social Network....Pages 359-367
Intruder or Welcome Friend: Inferring Group Membership in Online Social Networks....Pages 368-376
Identifying Influential Twitter Users in the 2011 Egyptian Revolution....Pages 377-385
Analytical Methods to Investigate the Effects of External Influence on Socio-Cultural Opinion Evolution....Pages 386-393
Who Shall We Follow in Twitter for Cyber Vulnerability?....Pages 394-402
Respondent-Driven Sampling in Online Social Networks....Pages 403-411
Trade-Offs in Social and Behavioral Modeling in Mobile Networks....Pages 412-423
Privacy Protection in Personalized Web Search: A Peer Group-Based Approach....Pages 424-432
Detecting Anomalous Behaviors Using Structural Properties of Social Networks....Pages 433-440
Measuring User Credibility in Social Media....Pages 441-448
Financial Crisis, Omori’s Law, and Negative Entropy Flow....Pages 449-457
Trust Metrics and Results for Social Media Analysis....Pages 458-465
Predicting Mobile Call Behavior via Subspace Methods....Pages 466-475
Modeling the Interaction between Emergency Communications and Behavior in the Aftermath of a Disaster....Pages 476-485
Modeling the Dynamics of Dengue Fever....Pages 486-494
Improving Markov Chain Monte Carlo Estimation with Agent-Based Models....Pages 495-502
Geographic Profiling of Criminal Groups for Military Cordon and Search....Pages 503-512
Exploiting User Model Diversity in Forecast Aggregation....Pages 513-522
Risk-Based Models of Attacker Behavior in Cybersecurity....Pages 523-532
Back Matter....Pages -
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