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A Clustering Approach for Evaluation of User Interaction on Facebook Social Network

	International Journal of Computer & Organization Trends  (IJCOT)
	© 2017 by IJCOT Journal
	Volume - 7 Issue - 1
	Year of Publication : 2017
	Authors :   Doaa Hassan
	DOI : 10.14445/22492593/IJCOT-V39P302

Citation

Doaa Hassan "A Clustering Approach for Evaluation of User Interaction on Facebook Social Network", International Journal of Computer & organization Trends (IJCOT), V7(1):4-8 Jan - Feb 2017, ISSN:2249-2593, www.ijcotjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract

Social Networks analysis has been an important source of gathering information due to the large amount of data that can be generated from users’ discussions and participation on social media. One way to analyze social networks is by estimating the amount of user interaction and participation in them. This paper addresses this issue by applying the machine learning clustering technique for categorizing users of Facebook social network based on their participation and interaction on Facebook. Two main features have been used for performing clustering: The first, is the number of links established between a user and others on Facebook through friendship relations. The second, is the number of posts written by a user to the walls of others on Facebook through posting. Therefore, the proposed approach in this paper aims to obtain different clusters of users that are categorized based on their level of interaction on Facebook. Hence we can estimate the amount of user interaction on Facebook by determining to which cluster he/she belongs.

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Keywords
Facebook social networks, user interaction, clustering.