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This paper introduces a new multidimensional extension of the Hegselmann-Krause (HK) opinion dynamics model, where opinion proximity is not determined by a norm or metric. Instead, each agent trusts opinions within the Minkowski sum…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Iryna Zabarianska , Anton V. Proskurnikov

Models of continuous opinion dynamics under bounded confidence show a sharp transition between a consensus and a polarization phase at a critical global bound of confidence. In this paper, heterogeneous bounds of confidence are studied. The…

Physics and Society · Physics 2010-12-07 Jan Lorenz

Recently, significant attention has been dedicated to the models of opinion dynamics in which opinions are described by real numbers, and agents update their opinions synchronously by averaging their neighbors' opinions. The neighbors of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-04-08 Anahita Mirtabatabaei , Francesco Bullo

We consider the Hegselmann-Krause model for opinion dynamics and study the evolution of the system under various settings. We first analyze the termination time of the synchronous Hegselmann-Krause dynamics in arbitrary finite dimensions…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Seyed Rasoul Etesami , Tamer Basar

This paper focuses on the opinion dynamics under the influence of manipulative agents. This type of agents is characterized by the fact that their opinions follow a trajectory that does not respond to the dynamics of the model, although it…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-01-28 A. Bautista

We study a time-delayed variant of the Hegselmann-Krause opinion formation model featuring a small group of leaders and a large group of non-leaders. In this model, leaders influence all agents but only interact among themselves. At the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-31 Young-Pil Choi , Chiara Cicolani , Cristina Pignotti

Hegselmann--Krause models are localized, distributed averaging dynamics on spatial data. A key aspect of these dynamics is that they lead to cluster formation, which has important applications in geographic information systems, dynamic…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-08-14 Partha S. Dey , S. Rasoul Etesami , Aditya S. Gopalan

We study the consensus formation for an agents based model, generalizing that originally proposed by Krause \cite{Kr}, by allowing the communication channels between any couple of agents to be switched on or off randomly, at each time step,…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Gianfelice Michele , Giuseppe Scola

We consider the Hegselmann-Krause bounded confidence dynamics for n equally spaced opinions on the real line, with gaps equal to the confidence bound r, which we take to be 1. We prove rigorous results on the evolution of this…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-06-05 Peter Hegarty , Edvin Wedin

In the consensus model of Krause-Hegselmann, opinions are real numbers between 0 and 1 and two agents are compatible if the difference of their opinions is smaller than the confidence bound parameter \epsilon. A randomly chosen agent takes…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Santo Fortunato

This paper presents a theoretical convergence analysis for an opinion-action coevolution model that integrates the opinion updating rule of the Hegselmann-Krause model with a utility-based decision-making mechanism. The model is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-08 Chen Song , Angela Fontan , Rong Su , Julien M. Hendrickx , Vladimir Cvetkovic , Karl H. Johansson

The Hegselmann-Krause (HK) model allows one to characterize the continuous change of agents' opinions with the bounded confidence threshold $\varepsilon$. To consider the heterogeneity of agents in characteristics, we study the HK model on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-02-05 Yueying Zhu , Jian Jiang , Wei Li

We study generalizations of the Hegselmann-Krause (HK) model for opinion dynamics, incorporating features and parameters that are natural components of observed social systems. The first generalization is one where the strength of influence…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-09-29 Avhishek Chatterjee , Anand D. Sarwate , Sriram Vishwanath

The Hegselmann-Krause (HK) model of opinion dynamics describes how opinions held by individuals in a community change over time in response to the opinions of others and their access to the true value, T, to which these opinions relate.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-02-28 Allen G. Rodrigo

We present a model of opinion dynamics in which agents adjust continuous opinions as a result of random binary encounters whenever their difference in opinion is below a given threshold. High thresholds yield convergence of opinions towards…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2007-05-23 Gerard Weisbuch , Guillaume Deffuant , Frederic Amblard , Jean Pierre Nadal

We consider a variant of the Hegselmann-Krause model of consensus formation where information between agents propagates with a finite speed $\mathfrak{c}$. This leads to a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) with state-dependent…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2021-03-23 Jan Haskovec

Motivated by various random variations of Hegselmann-Krause model for opinion dynamics and gossip algorithm in an endogenously changing environment, we propose a general framework for the study of endogenously varying random averaging…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-15 Behrouz Touri , Cedric Langbort

Opinion dynamics of random-walking agents on finite two-dimensional lattices is studied. In the model, the opinion is continuous, and both the lattice and the opinion can be either periodic or non-periodic. At each time step, all agents…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-04-27 Suhan Ree

We give an elementary proof of a conjecture by Hegselmann and Krause in opinion dynamics, concerning a symmetric bounded confidence interval model: If there is a truth and all individuals take each other seriously by a positive amount…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-01-20 Sascha Kurz , Jörg Rambau

The dynamics of the model of agents with limited confidence introduced by Hegselmann and Krause exhibits multiple well-separated regimes characterised by the number of distinct clusters in the stationary state. We present indications that…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-01-20 Frantisek Slanina