posted on 2025-05-10, 11:51authored byHerbert Pérez-Rosés, Francesc Sebé, Josep Maria Ribó
Some social networks, such as LinkedIn and ResearchGate, allow user endorsements for specific skills. In this way, for each skill we get a directed graph where the nodes correspond to users’ profiles and the arcs represent endorsement relations. From the number and quality of the endorsements received, an authority score can be assigned to each profile. In this paper we propose an authority score computation method that takes into account the relations existing among different skills. Our method is based on enriching the information contained in the digraph of endorsements corresponding to a specific skill, and then applying a ranking method admitting weighted digraphs, such as PageRank. We describe the method, and test it on a synthetic network of 1493 nodes, fitted with endorsements.
History
Journal title
Computer Communications
Volume
73
Issue
January 2016, Part B
Pagination
200-210
Publisher
Elsevier
Language
en, English
College/Research Centre
Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment
School
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science