Opinion Dissemination Computational Model

The dissemination of opinions is a very important phenomenon in modern societies because it shapes politics, policies and then guides the evolution of societies in the future. The scheme is very simple: an opinion is transmitted by a leader to other people in his (her) neighborhood. People can be co...

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Published inUbiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence pp. 853 - 858
Main Authors Pont, María Teresa Signes, Mora, Higinio, Castillo, Antonio Cortés, Hidalgo, Mario Nieto
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham Springer International Publishing
SeriesLecture Notes in Computer Science
Subjects
Behavioral pattern
Complexity
Neighborhood rules
Opinion dissemination
System dynamics
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Summary:The dissemination of opinions is a very important phenomenon in modern societies because it shapes politics, policies and then guides the evolution of societies in the future. The scheme is very simple: an opinion is transmitted by a leader to other people in his (her) neighborhood. People can be convinced or not and so, in turn, they convey their updated opinion (or their previous one) to their neighbors. This paper presents a computational framework based on a set binary local rules that have the capability to model the transmission of opinion between neighbors. Several neighborhood types are considered, such as 4- and 8-neighbours and knight (chess) neighbors. Different behavioral patterns are analyzed in relation to rule type, neighborhood type, and leader type.
ISBN:3319675842
9783319675848
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-67585-5_82