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A parabolic approach to the control of opinion spreading

Optimization and Control 2022-03-30 v2

Abstract

We analyze the problem of controlling to consensus a nonlinear system modeling opinion spreading. We derive explicit exponential estimates on the cost of approximately controlling these systems to consensus, as a function of the number of agents N and the control time-horizon T. Our strategy makes use of known results on the controllability of spatially discretized semilinear parabolic equations. Both systems can be linked through time-rescaling

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@article{arxiv.1903.08465,
  title  = {A parabolic approach to the control of opinion spreading},
  author = {Domènec Ruiz-Balet and Enrique Zuazua},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.08465},
  year   = {2022}
}