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We introduce and analyse a three-body consensus model (3CM) for non-linear consensus dynamics on hypergraphs. Our model incorporates reinforcing group effects, which can cause shifts in the average state of the system even in if the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-22 Leonie Neuhäuser , Michael T. Schaub , Andrew Mellor , Renaud Lambiotte

We study a nonlinear bounded-confidence model (BCM) of continuous-time opinion dynamics on networks with both persuadable individuals and zealots. The model is parameterized by a scalar $\gamma$, which controls the steepness of a smooth…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Heather Z. Brooks , Philip S. Chodrow , Mason A. Porter

Opinion dynamics is a central subject of computational social science, and various models have been developed to understand the evolution and formulation of opinions. Existing models mainly focus on opinion dynamics on graphs that only…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-10-10 Wanyue Xu , Zhongzhi Zhang

Models of opinion dynamics aim to capture how individuals' opinions change when they interact with each other. One well-known model of opinion dynamics is the Deffuant--Weisbuch (DW) model, which is a type of bounded-confidence model (BCM).…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-25 Leila Thompsky , Yuexuan Yolanda Wu , Mason A. Porter , Jiajie Luo

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

In the voter model, each node of a graph has an opinion, and in every round each node chooses independently a random neighbour and adopts its opinion. We are interested in the consensus time, which is the first point in time where all nodes…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2016-05-31 Petra Berenbrink , George Giakkoupis , Anne-Marie Kermarrec , Frederik Mallmann-Trenn

Understanding how group interactions influence opinion dynamics is fundamental to the study of collective behavior. In this work, we propose and study a model of opinion dynamics on $d$-uniform hypergraphs, where individuals interact…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-11-18 Thierry Njougouo , Timoteo Carletti , Elio Tuci

We present an extensive study of the joint effects of heterogeneous social agents and their heterogeneous social links in a bounded confidence opinion dynamics model. The full phase diagram of the model is explored for two different…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-01-24 Rémi Perrier , Hendrik Schawe , Laura Hernández

In this chapter, we derive and analyse models for consensus dynamics on hypergraphs. As we discuss, unless there are nonlinear node interaction functions, it is always possible to rewrite the system in terms of a new network of effective…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-01-12 Leonie Neuhäuser , Renaud Lambiotte , Michael T. Schaub

The issue of opinion sharing and formation has received considerable attention in the academic literature, and a few models have been proposed to study this problem. However, existing models are limited to the interactions among nearest…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Zuobai Zhang , Wanyue Xu , Zhongzhi Zhang , Guanrong Chen

Models of the convergence of opinion in social systems have been the subject of a considerable amount of recent attention in the physics literature. These models divide into two classes, those in which individuals form their beliefs based…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-05-23 Petter Holme , M. E. J. Newman

We propose a model coupling the classical opinion dynamics of the bounded confidence model, proposed by Deffuant et al., with an adaptive network forming a community or group structure. At each step, an individual can decide if it changes…

Physics and Society · Physics 2010-03-19 F. Gargiulo , S. Huet

In the age of technology, individuals accelerate their biased gathering of information which in turn leads to a population becoming extreme and more polarized. Here we study a partial differential equation model for opinion dynamics that…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-02-08 Christian Koertje , Hiroki Sayama

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

This article is concerned with a general class of stochastic spatial models for the dynamics of opinions. Like in the voter model, individuals are located on the vertex set of a connected graph and update their opinion at a constant rate…

Probability · Mathematics 2014-12-16 Nicolas Lanchier , Stylianos Scarlatos

The division of a social group into subgroups with opposing opinions, which we refer to as opinion disparity, is a prevalent phenomenon in society. This phenomenon has been modeled by including mechanisms such as opinion homophily, bounded…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-10-03 Nicholas W. Landry , Juan G. Restrepo

Bounded confidence models of opinion dynamics have been actively studied in recent years, in particular, opinion formation and extremism propagation along with other aspects of social dynamics. In this work, after an analysis of limitations…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-27 Evguenii Kurmyshev , Héctor A. Juárez , Ricardo A. González-Silva

We generalize the DeGroot model for opinion dynamics to better capture realistic social scenarios. We introduce a model where each agent has their own individual cognitive biases. Society is represented as a directed graph whose edges…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-28 Mário S. Alvim , Artur Gaspar da Silva , Sophia Knight , Frank Valencia

We delve into the dynamics of opinions within a multiplex network using coordination games, where agents communicate either in a one-way or two-way interactions, and where a designated leader may be present. By employing graph theory and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-16 Amirreza Talebi , Sayed Pedram Haeri Boroujeni , Abolfazl Razi

In this paper, we study the evolution of opinions over social networks with bounded confidence in social cliques. Node initial opinions are independently and identically distributed; at each time step, nodes review the average opinions of a…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Jiangbo Zhang , Deming Yuan , Lei Wang , Claudio Altafini , Guodong Shi