| 摘要 |
Computer-based systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are disclosed. In a social network embodiment, information regarding a first user is obtained and formed into a first dataset. Conceptual spaces are selected for the first user, and the first user's location is determined in the spaces. Distances between the first user and other users and their datasets are computed in the selected conceptual spaces. Actions are taken based on the distances, such as including or excluding the other users from a friends list of the first user. |
| 主权项 |
1. An article of manufacture comprising non-volatile machine-readable storage medium with machine-executable program code stored in the medium, the program code comprising instructions for group management of a social network, the social network having a first entity and a plurality of other entities, the first entity and each entity of the plurality of other entities being associated with a plurality of characteristics, the instructions implementing steps comprising:
first assigning a value to each characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of the first entity to obtain a first dataset associated with the first entity, the first dataset comprising the values of the plurality of characteristics of the first entity, wherein the values of at least some of the characteristics of the first entity are based at least in part on information regarding the characteristics of the first entity provided by the first entity; second assigning a value to each characteristic of the plurality of characteristics of said each entity of the plurality of other entities to obtain a plurality of datasets associated with the plurality of other entities, a dataset of the plurality of datasets per entity of the plurality of other entities, each dataset of the plurality of datasets comprising the values of the characteristics of the entity with which said each dataset is associated, wherein the values of at least some of the characteristics of said each entity of the plurality of other entities are based at least in part on information regarding the characteristics provided by said each entity of the plurality of other entities; computing for said each entity of the plurality of other entities a distance in a first conceptual space between a point in the first conceptual space defined by the first dataset, and a point in the first conceptual space defined by values of the characteristics of the dataset of said each entity of the plurality of other entities, thereby obtaining a plurality of distances in the first conceptual space, a distance of the plurality of distances corresponding to a different entity of the plurality of other entities, wherein each dimension of the first conceptual space corresponds to a different one of said plurality of characteristics, and wherein distances along at least one of the dimensions in the first conceptual space are weighted by a weight assigned by the first entity to characteristic associated with said at least one of the dimensions; and selecting entities for a first group from the plurality of other entities so that distance in the first conceptual space corresponding to each entity included in the first group is within a first predetermined distance limit. |
