The Application of Link Mining in Social Network Analysis

Abstract

Recently, link mining is becoming a very popular research area not only for data mining and web mining but also in the field of social network analysis. Many researches are focusing on developing new link mining techniques and algorithms, or devoting to improve traditional mining techniques for social network analysis. This paper discuss about challenges in the area of link mining and focusing on application requirements especially in the area of social network analysis. It discusses some ongoing challenges and suggests ideas that could be opportunities for solutions.