Network-aware product rollout in online social networks
US9292884B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 10, 2013 |
| Grant date | Mar 22, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 8, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/21
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method includes accessing a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, each node corresponding to a user of an online social network, identifying a plurality of clusters in the social graph using graph clustering, providing a treatment to a first set of users based on the clusters, and determining a treatment effect treatment for the users in the first set based on a network exposure to the treatment for each user.
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