Table 1 Symbols in the urn model and corresponding OSN quantities
From: Information cascade final size distributions derived from urn models
Symbol | Urn model | OSN |
|---|---|---|
p | Number of remaining trials | Number of unread retweets |
f | Number of trials to be increased | Number of followers |
N | Total number of balls in the urn | Total number of users (network size) |
B | Number of black balls in the urn | Number of users who have retweeted |
\(\lambda\) | Probability to return a black ball | Retweet probability |