2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Flexible Framework for Probabilistic Models of Social Trust
Authors : Bert Huang, Angelika Kimmig, Lise Getoor, Jennifer Golbeck
Published in: Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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In social networks, notions such as trust, fondness, or respect between users can be expressed by associating a strength with each tie. This provides a view of social interaction as a weighted graph. Sociological models for such weighted networks can differ significantly in their basic motivations and intuitions. In this paper, we present a flexible framework for probabilistic modeling of social networks that allows one to represent these different models and more. The framework, probabilistic soft logic (PSL), is particularly well-suited for this domain, as it combines a declarative, first-order logic-based syntax for describing relational models with a soft-logic representation, which maps naturally to the non-discrete strength of social trust. We demonstrate the flexibility and effectiveness of PSL for trust prediction using two different approaches: a structural balance model based on social triangles, and a social status model based on a consistent status hierarchy. We test these models on real social network data and find that PSL is an effective tool for trust prediction.