Three-Stage Cascade Information Attenuation for Opinion Dynamics in Social Networks

• Published in: Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 26; no. 10; p. 851
• Main Authors: Wang, Haomin, Li, Youyuan, Chen, Jia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 08.10.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: Attenuation; bounded confidence; Communication; Communications networks; Dynamics; Entropy; Influence; information attenuation; Information management; Leadership; Network analysis; opinion dynamics; Social networks; Subgroups; three-stage cascade; Uncertainty analysis; Iran; opinion dynamics; bounded confidence; information attenuation; three-stage cascade

In social network analysis, entropy quantifies the uncertainty or diversity of opinions, reflecting the complexity of opinion dynamics. To enhance the understanding of how opinions evolve, this study introduces a novel approach to modeling opinion dynamics in social networks by incorporating three-s...