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Convergence of Opinion Diffusion is PSPACE-complete

Multiagent Systems 2020-03-31 v2

Abstract

We analyse opinion diffusion in social networks, where a finite set of individuals is connected in a directed graph and each simultaneously changes their opinion to that of the majority of their influencers. We study the algorithmic properties of the fixed-point behaviour of such networks, showing that the problem of establishing whether individuals converge to stable opinions is PSPACE-complete.

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@article{arxiv.1912.09864,
  title  = {Convergence of Opinion Diffusion is PSPACE-complete},
  author = {Dmitry Chistikov and Grzegorz Lisowski and Mike Paterson and Paolo Turrini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.09864},
  year   = {2020}
}
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