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Area of Science:

  • Social Network Analysis
  • Geospatial Information Science
  • Information Dissemination Studies

Background:

  • Online social networks generate rich data, including geospatial information, highlighting geography's role in user interactions.
  • Understanding spatial interactions is crucial for analyzing urban dynamics and information flow.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To construct and analyze the evolution mechanism of a city interaction network based on social network data.
  • To develop and validate a network evolution model incorporating edge arrival and preferential attachment processes.

Main Methods:

  • Construction of a city interaction network at the city level.
  • Development of a network evolution model with edge arrival and preferential attachment components.
  • Evaluation of six preferential attachment models (including Random-Random, Random-Degree, Degree-Random, Geographical distance, Degree-Degree, and Degree-Degree-Geographical distance) using maximum likelihood estimation.

Main Results:

  • Node degree and geographic distance were identified as critical factors in city interaction network evolution.
  • The Degree-Degree-Geographical distance (DDG) model demonstrated superior performance in capturing network attributes.
  • Experimental results using the DDG model closely matched real-world city interaction networks derived from WeChat data.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed network evolution model, particularly the DDG model, effectively simulates information dissemination in urban social networks.
  • Geographic distance and node connectivity are significant drivers shaping the structure and dynamics of city interaction networks.
  • The findings provide valuable insights into the spatial aspects of online social interactions and information diffusion.