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Disseminating Authorized Content via Data Analysis in Opportunistic Social Networks
Big Data Mining and Analytics 2019, 2 (1): 12-24
Published: 15 October 2018
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Authorized content is a type of content that can be generated only by a certain Content Provider (CP). The content copies delivered to a user may bring rewards to the CP if the content is adopted by the user. The overall reward obtained by the CP depends on the user’s degree of interest in the content and the user’s role in disseminating the content copies. Thus, to maximize the reward, the content provider is motivated to disseminate the authorized content to the most interested users. In this paper, we study how to effectively disseminate the authorized content in Interest-centric Opportunistic Social Networks (IOSNs) such that the reward is maximized. We first derive Social Connection Pattern (SCP) data to handle the challenging opportunistic connections in IOSNs and statistically analyze the interest distribution of the users contacted or connected. The SCP is used to predict the interests of possible contactors and connectors. Then, we propose our SCP-based Dissemination (SCPD) algorithm to calculate the optimum number of content copies to disseminate when two users meet. Our dataset based simulation shows that our SCPD algorithm is effective and efficient to disseminate the authorized content in IOSNs.

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Picture Quality Assessment-Based on Rate Control for Variable Bandwidth Networks
Tsinghua Science and Technology 2018, 23 (4): 396-405
Published: 16 August 2018
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The growing popularity of Internet applications and services has rendered high subjective video quality crucial to the user experience. Increasing needs for better video resolution and faster transmission bandwidths present challenges to the goal of achieving balance between video quality and coding cost. In this paper, we propose a Perceptive Variable Bit-Rate Control (PVBRC) framework for the state-of-the-art video coding standard High-Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC)/H.265. PVBRC allocates a bit-rate to a picture while taking a Comprehensive Picture Quality Assessment (CPQA) model and perceptive target bit-rate allocation into consideration. The CPQA model calculates the objective and perceptive quality of both source and reconstructed pictures by referring to the human vision system. The coding bit-rate is then dynamically allocated by the result of the CPQA model according to differences in picture content. In PVBRC, the quantization parameter for current picture encoding is updated by an effective fuzzy logical controller to satisfy the transmission requirements of the Internet of Things. Experimental results show that the proposed PVBRC can achieve average bit savings by 11.49% when compared with constant bit-rate control under the same objective and subjective video quality.

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Location Prediction on Trajectory Data: A Review
Big Data Mining and Analytics 2018, 1 (2): 108-127
Published: 12 April 2018
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Location prediction is the key technique in many location based services including route navigation, dining location recommendations, and traffic planning and control, to mention a few. This survey provides a comprehensive overview of location prediction, including basic definitions and concepts, algorithms, and applications. First, we introduce the types of trajectory data and related basic concepts. Then, we review existing location-prediction methods, ranging from temporal-pattern-based prediction to spatiotemporal-pattern-based prediction. We also discuss and analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these algorithms and briefly summarize current applications of location prediction in diverse fields. Finally, we identify the potential challenges and future research directions in location prediction.

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