Continuous opinions and discrete actions in social networks: a multi-agent system approach

This paper proposes and analyzes a novel multi-agent opinion dynamics model in which agents have access to actions which are quantized version of the opinions of their neighbors. The model produces different behaviors observed in social networks such as disensus, clustering, oscillations, opinion pr...

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Main Authors Chowdhury, N. R, Morarescu, I. -C, Martin, S, Srikant, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.02.2016
Subjects
Computer Science - Systems and Control
Mathematics - Dynamical Systems
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DOI10.48550/arxiv.1602.02098

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Summary:This paper proposes and analyzes a novel multi-agent opinion dynamics model in which agents have access to actions which are quantized version of the opinions of their neighbors. The model produces different behaviors observed in social networks such as disensus, clustering, oscillations, opinion propagation, even when the communication network is connected. The main results of the paper provides the characterization of preservation and diffusion of actions under general communication topologies. A complete analysis allowing the opinion forecasting is given in the particular cases of complete and ring communication graphs. Numerical examples illustrate the main features of this model.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.1602.02098