Abstract Bystander programs contribute to crime prevention by motivating people intervene in violent situations. Social media allow addressing very specific target groups, and provide valuable information for program evaluation. This paper provides a conceptual framework conducting benefit–cost analysis of bystander puts particular focus on the use social dissemination data collection. The mode...

Given a social network where the users are associated with non-uniform selection cost, problem of Budgeted Influence Maximization (BIM in short) asks for selecting subset nodes within an allocated budget initial activation, such that due to cascading effect, influence is maximized. In this paper, we study variation, marked as target users, each them assigned benefit and can be earned by influen...

Both target effectiveness and administrative simplicity are desirable properties in the design of minimum benefit packages for public retirement programs. The federal benefit rate (FBR) of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program has been proposed by some analysts as a potentially attractive basis of establishing a new minimum benefit for Social Security on both of these grounds. This typ...

5. b. There are several reasons why your benefit might increase after you begin receiving it. First, you'll generally receive annual cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). Second, the Social Security Administration recalculates your benefit every year to account for new earnings, so your benefit might increase as a result. Your benefit might also be adjusted if you qualify for a higher benefit base...

in value creation process via finding and exploiting opportunities, entrepreneurs have to create and use social networks to gain access to resources and information and benefit from their social capital. the entrepreneurs’ activities, contacts and performance can influence the social capital of a society. this research reviews the previous research regarding the effect of sex segregation on soc...