Social computing is a disruptive technology that is changing how we do business and building the enterprises. Mining consumer insights and consumer segmentation are the new drivers that are likely to be the cornerstone of developing new service innovations and social interactions. This special issue was designed to stimulate research on the data mining tools and methods for social computing. In this editorial, we are outlining the broad research framework on social computing, including the papers in this special issue and areas for future research.

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用于社会计算的高级数据挖掘工具和方法

社交计算是一项颠覆性技术，它正在改变我们开展业务和建立企业的方式。挖掘消费者洞察和消费者细分是可能成为开发新服务创新和社交互动的基石的新驱动因素。本期特刊旨在激发对社会计算数据挖掘工具和方法的研究。在这篇社论中，我们概述了社会计算的广泛研究框架，包括本期特刊中的论文和未来研究的领域。