Evolution of social networks

Using Virtual Social Networks and Social Tolerance among Youths in Tehran

Difference and diversity are phenomena existing from the very first days human communities have been formed. Under such condition, what provides for necessity of coexistence between different individuals and groups to become possible is tolerance. On the other hand, wide range development in terms of communication and providing information are going on in today’s world. This evolution called by...

Designing a trust-based recommender system in Social Rating Networks

One of the most common styles of business today is electronic business, since it is considered as a principal mean for financial transactions among advanced countries. In view of the fact that due to the evolution of human knowledge and the increase of expectations following that, traditional marketing in electronic business cannot meet current generation’s needs, in order to survive, organizat...

Theoretical Explanation of the Use of Cyberspace and the Evolution of Family Structure in Iran with Emphasis on the Concept of Generation Gap

The family is the vital source of peace and comfort, love and intimacy. But the family can also be a place of conflict, difference, gap and distance in terms of values ​​and patterns of behavior between children and parents. Virtual social networks are a new generation of social networking space that at the end of the first decade of the 21st century have changed the ways of communic...

Image Backlight Compensation Using Recurrent Functional Neural Fuzzy Networks Based on Modified Differential Evolution

In this study, an image backlight compensation method using adaptive luminance modification is proposed for efficiently obtaining clear images.The proposed method combines the fuzzy C-means clustering method, a recurrent functional neural fuzzy network (RFNFN), and a modified differential evolution.The proposed RFNFN is based on the two backlight factors that can accurately detect the compensat...

Cooperative Co-Evolving Neural Networks for Robosoccer Simulation

Use of Social Networks by University Students

Background and Aim: University students due to having better media literacy are among the groups that use social networks more. Aim of this research was to study the use of social networks by university students based on demographic and educational variables. Method: This quantitative applied research utilized survey design. Data collection instrument was a questionnaire developed by the invest...