Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks

Joint Authors

Xie, Hui
Li, Guangjian
Yan, Yongjie
Shu, Sihui

Source

Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society

Issue

Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-5, 5 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2017-04-03

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

5

Main Subjects

Mathematics

Abstract EN

We investigate opinion dynamics as a stochastic process in social networks.

We introduce the stubborn agent in order to determine the impact of network structure on the emergence of consensus.

Depending on the fraction of undirected long-range connections, we observe fascinatingly rich dynamical behavior and transitions from disordered to ordered states.

In general, we find that the stubborn agent promotes the emergence of consensus due to the so-called “group effect” that facilitates coalescence between separated network components.

Agents are also behaviorally constrained Shannon information entropy in networks.

However, since agents want to evolve their opinion with Brownian motion, which may in turn impede full consensus, sufficiently frequent long-range links are in such situations crucial for the network to converge into an absorbing phase.

Our experimental findings indicate that, for a large range of control parameters, our model yields stable and fluctuating polarized states.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Xie, Hui& Li, Guangjian& Yan, Yongjie& Shu, Sihui. 2017. Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151290

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Xie, Hui…[et al.]. Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151290

American Medical Association (AMA)

Xie, Hui& Li, Guangjian& Yan, Yongjie& Shu, Sihui. Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151290

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1151290