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Table 4 Notation of reinforcement learning with Markov decision process model

From: Influence maximization in social media networks concerning dynamic user behaviors via reinforcement learning

Symbol

Definition

Indices and sets

\(\,i \in {\mathcal {I}}\)

Node

\(\,k \in {\mathcal {K}}\)

Message

Parameters

\(\,b_{ki}\)

The information preference of node i with respect to message k

\(\,w_k\)

The influence weight of message k

\(\,\rho _{ij}\)

The probability of arc connection from node i to node j

Variable

\(\,\sigma _{ki}\)

The element of state matrix \(\varvec{s} \in S\) in row k and column i, that the activation status of node i by message k

\(\,\alpha _{ki}\)

The element of action matrix \(\varvec{a} \in A\) in row k and column i, that the seed selection of node i by message k