Edited by: Rodrigo Pereira dos Santos, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Giseli Lopes, Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Due to the omnipresence of the Internet and Social Media in current society, it has become easy to find groups or communities of people discussing the most varied subjects in discussion forums, social network ...
Authors: Túlio C. Loures, Pedro O. S. Vaz de Melo and Adriano A. Veloso
Citation:Journal of Internet Services and Applications
2018
9:25
The imbalance between the quantity of supply and demand in public transport systems causes a series of disruptions in large metropolises. While extremely crowded vehicles are uncomfortable for passengers, virt...
Authors: Carlos Caminha, Vasco Furtado, Vládia Pinheiro and Caio Ponte
Citation:Journal of Internet Services and Applications
2018
9:22
The identification of power groups that act within the political structure is a tool for citizens and also a challenging research topic as an unstable and complex force of interests system. This paper presents...
Authors: Letícia Verona, Jonice Oliveira, José Vitor da Cunha Hisse and Maria Luiza Machado Campos
Citation:Journal of Internet Services and Applications
2018
9:23
Tie strength allows to classify social relationships and identify different types of them. For instance, social relationships can be classified as persistent and similar based respectively on the regularity wi...
Authors: Jeancarlo C. Leão, Michele A. Brandão, Pedro O. S. Vaz de Melo and Alberto H. F. Laender
Citation:Journal of Internet Services and Applications
2018
9:20
This paper proposes an analysis of political homophily among Twitter users during the 2016 American Presidential Election. We collected 4.9 million tweets of 18,450 users and their contact network from August ...
Authors: Josemar A. Caetano, Hélder S. Lima, Mateus F. Santos and Humberto T. Marques-Neto
Citation:Journal of Internet Services and Applications
2018
9:18