Advances in Social Computing: Third International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction, SBP 2010, Bethesda, MD, USA, March 30-31, 2010, Proceedings / Edition 1

Beyond Degree Distributions: Local to Global Structure of Social Contact Graphs (Abstract) Stephen Eubank Anil Vullikanti Maleq Khan Madhav Marathe Chris Barrett 1

Endogenous Market-Clearing Prices and Reference Point Adaptation Arnaud Z. Dragicevic 2

Modeling Effect of Leaders in Ethno-Religious Conflicts Lingzhi Luo Nilanjan Chakraborty Katia Sycara 3

Calibrating Subjective Probabilities Using Hierarchical Bayesian Models Edgar C. Merkle 13

State-Dependent Risk Preferences in Evolutionary Games Patrick Roos Dana Nau 23

Social Learning and Cumulative Innovations in a Networked Group Thomas N. Wisdom Robert L. Goldstone 32

Understanding Segregation Processes (Abstract) Elizabeth Bruch 42

Social Factors in Creating an Integrated Capability for Health System Modeling and Simulation Paul P. Maglio Melissa Cefkin Peter J. Haas Pat Selinger 44

A System Dynamics Approach to Modeling the Sensitivity of Inappropriate Emergency Department Utilization Joshua G. Behr Rafael Diaz 52

Using Social Network Analysis for Spam Detection Dave DeBarr Harry Wechsler 62

Literature Search through Mixed-Membership Community Discovery Tina Eliassi-Rad Keith Henderson 70

Predictability and Prediction for an Experimental Cultural Market Richard Colbaugh Kristin Glass Paul Ormerod 79

Macroeconomic Analysis of Universal Coverage in the U.S. Zhigang Feng 87

Projecting Sexual and Injecting HIV Risks into Future Outcomes with Agent-Based Modeling (Abstract) Georgiy V. Bobashev Robert J. Morris William A. Zuie 97

Cultural Consensus Theory: Aggregating Continuous Responses in a Finite Interval William H. Batchelder Alex Strashny A. Kimball Romney 98

Information Overload and Viral Marketing: Countermeasures and Strategies Jiesi Cheng Aaron Sun Daniel Zeng 108

Using Model Replication to Improve the Reliability of Agent-Based Models Wei Zhong Yushim Kim 118

Multiscale Comparison of Three-Dimensional Trajectories Based on the Curvature Maxima and Its Application to Medicine Shoji Hirano Shusaku Tsumoto 128

A Knowledge Collaboration Network Model across Disciplines Anna Nagurney Qiang Qiang 138

Behavioral Analyses of Information Diffusion Models by Observed Data of Social Network Kazumi Saito Masahiro Kimura Kouzou Ohara Hiroshi Motoda 149

Developing Social Networks for Artificial Societies from Survey Data Stephen Lieberman Jonathan K. Alt 159

Understanding and Enabling Online Social Networks to Support Healthy Behaviors (Abstract) Noshir Contractor 169

A Dynamical Systems Model for Understanding Behavioral Interventions for Weight Loss J.-Emeterio Navarro-Barrientos Daniel E. Rivera Linda M. Collins 170

COLBERT: A Scoring Based Graphical Model for Expert Identification Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad Xin Zhao 180

An Agent-Based Model for Studying Child Maltreatment and Child Maltreatment Prevention Xiaolin Hu Richard W. Puddy 189

Gryphon: A Hybrid Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation Platform for Infectious Diseases Bin Yu Jijun Wang Michael McGowan Ganesh Vaidyanathan Kristojer Younger 199

A Risk Factor Analysis of West Nile Virus: Extraction of Relationships from a Neural-Network Model Debarchana Ghosh Rajarshi Guha 208

Coevolution of Epidemics, Social Networks, and Individual Behavior: A Case Study Jiangzhuo Chen Achla Marathe Madhav Marathe 218

User Generated Content Consumption and Social Networking in Knowledge-Sharing OSNs Jake T. Lussier Troy Raeder Nitesh V. Chawla 228

Where Are the Academic Jobs? Interactive Exploration of Job Advertisements in Geospatial and Topical Space Angela M. Zoss Michael Conover Katy Börner 238

Assessing Group Interaction with Social Language Network Analysis Andrew J. Scholand Yla R. Tausczik James W. Pennebaker 248

Analyzing and Tracking Weblog Communities Using Discriminative Collection Representatives Guozhu Dong Ting Sa 256

Assortativity Patterns in Multi-dimensional Inter-organizational Networks: A Case Study of the Humanitarian Relief Sector Kang Zhao Louis-Marie Ngamassi John Yen Carleen Maitland Andrea Tapia 265

Deconstructing Interaction Dynamics in Knowledge Sharing Communities Ablimit Aji Eugene Agichtein 273

Workings of Collective Intelligence within Open Source Communities Everett Stiles Xiaohui Cui 282

Manipulation as a Security Mechanism in Sensor Networks Ruiyi Zhang Johnson P. Thomas Qiurui Zhu Mathews Thomas 290

Modeling the Impact of Motivation, Personality, Emotion on Social Behavior Lynn C. Miller Stephen J. Read Wayne Zachary Andrew Rosoff 298

Expressing Effects-Based Outcomes from Patterns of Emergent Population Behaviors Colleen L. Phillips Norman D. Geddes 306

PGT: A Statistical Approach to Prediction and Mechanism Design David H. Wolpert James W. Bono 314

Developing Cognitive Models for Social Simulation from Survey Data Jonathan K. Alt Stephen Lieberman 323

Dynamic Creation of Social Networks for Syndromic Surveillance Using Information Fusion Jared Holsopple Shanchieh Yang Moises Sudit Adam Stotz 330

Calibrating Bayesian Network Representations of Social-Behavioral Models Paul Whitney Stephen Walsh 338

Social Network Data and Practices: The Case of Friendfeed Fabio Celli F. Marta L. Di Lascio Matteo Magnani Barbara Pacelli Luca Rossi 346

Predictability in an 'Unpredictable' Artificial Cultural Market Paul Ormerod Kristin Glass 354

Improving an Agent-Based Model by Using Interdisciplinary Approaches for Analyzing Structural Change in Agriculture Franziska Appel Arlette Ostermeyer Alfons Balmann Karin Larsen 360

Exploring the Human Fabric through an Analyst's Eyes Nadya Belov Jeff Patti Saki Wilcox Rafael Almanzar Janet Kim Jennifer Kellogg Steven Dang 367

Mitigating Issues Related to the Modeling of Insurgent Recruitment Erica Briscoe Ethan Trewhitt Lora Weiss Elizabeth Whitaker 375

An Application of Epidemiological Modeling to Information Diffusion Robert McCormack William Salter 382

A Social Network Analysis Approach to Detecting Suspicious Online Financial Activities Lei Tang Geoffrey Barbier Huan Liu Jianping Zhang 390

Opponent Classification in Poker Muhammad Aurangzeb Ahmad Mohamed Elidrisi 398

Convergence of Influential Bloggers for Topic Discovery in the Blogosphere Shamanth Kumar Reza Zafarani Mohammad Ali Abbasi Geoffrey Barbier Huan Liu 406

Sentiment Propagation in Social Networks: A Case Study in LiveJournal Reza Zafarani William D. Cole Huan Liu 413

Iranians and Their Pride: Modalities of Political Sovereignty (Abstract) Mansoor Moaddel 421

Author Index 423