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We study the percolation transition of the geometrical clusters in the square lattice LCCC model (a kinetic opinion exchange model introduced by Lallouache et al. in Phys. Rev. E 82 056112 (2010)) with the change in conviction and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-04-03 Anjan Kumar Chandra

Social networks have provided a platform for the effective exchange of ideas or opinions but also served as a hotbed of polarization. While much research attempts to explore different causes of opinion polarization, the effect of perception…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-05-12 Hao Yu , Bin Xue , Yanpeng Zhu , Jianlin Zhang , Run-Ran Liu , Yu Liu , Fanyuan Meng

Individuals increasingly rely on social networking platforms to form opinions. However, these platforms typically aim to maximize engagement, which may not align with social good. In this paper, we introduce an opinion dynamics model where…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-06-06 Ozan Candogan , Nicole Immorlica , Bar Light , Jerry Anunrojwong

Can classical consensus models predict the group behavior of large language models (LLMs)? We examine multi-round interactions among LLM agents through the DeGroot framework, where agents exchange text-based messages over diverse…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Iris Yazici , Mert Kayaalp , Stefan Taga , Ali H. Sayed

We introduce a statistical physics model for opinion dynamics on random networks where agents adopt the opinion held by the majority of their direct neighbors only if the fraction of these neighbors exceeds a certain threshold, p_u. We find…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-11-13 Peter Klimek , Renaud Lambiotte , Stefan Thurner

We study an opinion dynamics model in which agents reach compromise via pairwise interactions. When the opinions of two agents are sufficiently close, they both acquire the average of their initial opinions; otherwise, they do not interact.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Ben-Naim , P. L. Krapivsky , S. Redner

We study a tractable opinion dynamics model that generates long-run disagreements and persistent opinion fluctuations. Our model involves an inhomogeneous stochastic gossip process of continuous opinion dynamics in a society consisting of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2012-12-03 Daron Acemoglu , Giacomo Como , Fabio Fagnani , Asuman Ozdaglar

We propose a new model of opinion formation, the Opinion Changing Rate (OCR) model. Instead of investigating the conditions that allow consensus in a world of agents with different opinions, we study under which conditions a group of agents…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Pluchino , V. Latora , A. Rapisarda

We discuss the process of opinion formation in a completely homogeneous, democratic population using a class of probabilistic cellular automata models with two absorbing states. Each individual can have one of two opinions that can change…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Franco Bagnoli , Fabio Franci , Raúl Rechtman

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 study the evolution of opinions on a directed network with community structure. Individuals update their opinions synchronously based on a weighted average of their neighbors' opinions, their own previous opinions, and external media…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-01-17 Panagiotis Andreou , Mariana Olvera-Cravioto

We consider a stochastic, continuous state and time opinion model where each agent's opinion locally interacts with other agents' opinions in the system, and there is also exogenous randomness. The interaction tends to create clusters of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Josselin Garnier , George Papanicolaou , Tzu-Wei Yang

Public opinion is often affected by the presence of committed groups of individuals dedicated to competing points of view. Using a model of pairwise social influence, we study how the presence of such groups within social networks affects…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-04-24 J. Xie , J. Emenheiser , M. Kirby , S. Sreenivasan , B. K. Szymanski , G. Korniss

We consider the plurality consensus problem among $n$ agents. Initially, each agent has one of $k$ different opinions. Agents choose random interaction partners and revise their state according to a fixed transition function, depending on…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Gregor Bankhamer , Petra Berenbrink , Felix Biermeier , Robert Elsässer , Hamed Hosseinpour , Dominik Kaaser , Peter Kling

Social interactions influence people's opinions. In some situations, these interactions eventually yield a consensus opinion; in others, they can lead to opinion fragmentation and the formation of different opinion groups in the form of…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-08-01 Lasse Mohr , Poul G. Hjorth , Mason A. Porter

We hereby propose a model of opinion dynamics where individuals update their beliefs because of interactions in acquaintances' group. The model exhibit a non trivial behavior that we discuss as a function of the main involved parameters.…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-08-04 Timoteo Carletti , Simone Righi

The widespread emergence of opinion polarization is often attributed to the rise of social media and the internet, which can promote selective exposure and the formation of echo chambers. However, experimental evidence shows that exposure…

A common trait involving the opinion dynamics in social networks is an anchor on interacting network to characterize the opinion formation process among participating social actors, such as information flow, cooperative and antagonistic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-28 Wentao Zhang , Zhiqiang Zuo , Yijing Wang

Considerable effort using techniques developed in statistical physics has been aimed at numerical simulations of agent-based opinion models and analysis of their results. Such work has elucidated how various rules for interacting agents can…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-08-06 Moorad Alexanian , Dylan McNamara

Opinion spreading in a society decides the fate of elections, the success of products, and the impact of political or social movements. The model by Hegselmann and Krause is a well-known theoretical model to study such opinion formation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Petra Berenbrink , Martin Hoefer , Dominik Kaaser , Pascal Lenzner , Malin Rau , Daniel Schmand