Examining Diffusion in the Real World

Throughout this book, we studied a variety of diffusion models that are commonly seen in the literature of computer science, physics, and biology. In this chapter, we study diffusion processes from a data-driven perspective—specifiably reviewing the early identification of information cascades that will diffuse through a large portion of the network.

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