Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks
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 beh...
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| author | Hui Xie Guangjian Li Yongjie Yan Sihui Shu |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f52eedb989604f84be9083148a9bd47b2025-02-03T05:59:36ZengWileyDiscrete Dynamics in Nature and Society1026-02261607-887X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/31730163173016Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social NetworksHui Xie0Guangjian Li1Yongjie Yan2Sihui Shu3Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaDepartment of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaSchool of Mathematics and Computer Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, ChinaSchool of Mathematics and Computer Science, Jiangxi Science & Technology Normal University, Nanchang 330038, ChinaWe 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3173016 |
| spellingShingle | Hui Xie Guangjian Li Yongjie Yan Sihui Shu Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society |
| title | Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks |
| title_full | Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks |
| title_fullStr | Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks |
| title_short | Evolution of Bounded Confidence Opinion in Social Networks |
| title_sort | evolution of bounded confidence opinion in social networks |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/3173016 |
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