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Zhang, Huiqi. Socioscope: Human Relationship and Behavior Analysis in Mobile
Social Networks. Doctor of Philosophy (Computer Science), August 2010, 133 pp., 5 tables,
40 illustrations, references, 150 titles.
The widely used mobile phone, as well as its related technologies had opened
opportunities for a complete change on how people interact and build relationship across
geographic and time considerations. The convenience of instant communication by mobile
phones that broke the barrier of space and time is evidently the key motivational point on
why such technologies so important in people's life and daily activities. Mobile phones have
become the most popular communication tools.
Mobile phone technology is apparently changing our relationship to each other in our
work and lives. The impact of new technologies on people's lives in social spaces gives us the
chance to rethink the possibilities of technologies in social interaction. Accordingly, mobile
phones are basically changing social relations in ways that are intricate to measure with any
precision.
In this dissertation I propose a socioscope model for social network, relationship and
human behavior analysis based on mobile phone call detail records. Because of the diversities
and complexities of human social behavior, one technique cannot detect different features of
human social behaviors. Therefore I use multiple probability and statistical methods for
quantifying social groups, relationships and communication patterns, for predicting social tie
strengths and for detecting human behavior changes and unusual consumption events. I
propose a new reciprocity index to measure the level of reciprocity between users and their
communication partners. The experimental results show that this approach is effective.
Among other applications, this work is useful for homeland security, detection of unwanted
calls (e.g., spam), telecommunication presence, and marketing. In my future work I plan toanalyze and study the social network dynamics and evolution.
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Zhang, Huiqi. Socioscope: Human Relationship and Behavior Analysis in Mobile Social Networks, dissertation, August 2010; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc30533/m1/2/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .