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Ways in which people's opinions change are, without a doubt, subject to a rich tapestry of differing influences. Factors that affect how one arrives at an opinion reflect how they have been shaped by their environment throughout their…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Stanisław Stępień , Michalina Janik , Mateusz Nurek , Akrati Saxena , Radosław Michalski

After the recent COVID-19 outbreaks, it became increasingly evident that individuals' thoughts and beliefs can have a strong impact on disease transmission. It becomes therefore important to understand how information and opinions on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-09-27 Giacomo Albi , Elisa Calzola , Giacomo Dimarco , Mattia Zanella

Predictions in digital platforms must adapt over time as individuals update their beliefs through social interactions. At the same time, changing predictions alter the content people are exposed to and, consequently, the very beliefs they…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Jiduan Wu , Rediet Abebe , Celestine Mendler-Dünner

Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) serve as a flexible alternative for tackling forward and inverse problems in differential equations, displaying impressive advancements in diverse areas of applied mathematics. Despite integrating…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2024-07-12 Shengfeng Xu , Chang Yan , Zhenxu Sun , Renfang Huang , Dilong Guo , Guowei Yang

We study the process of opinion formation in an Ising social network of scientific collaborations. The network is undirected. An Ising spin is associated with each network node being oriented up (red) or down (blue). Certain nodes carry…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-01-07 Kristina Bukina , Dima L. Shepelyansky

Reaction-diffusion epidemic models with vital dynamics are an important framework for describing the spatial and temporal spread of infectious diseases. In this work, we present a constraint-aware, physics-informed neural network (PINN)…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Achraf Zinihi , Matthias Ehrhardt

Opinion formation has been gaining increasing research interests recently, and various models have been proposed. These models, however, have their limitations, among which noticeably include (i) it is generally assumed that adjacent nodes…

Physics and Society · Physics 2017-03-08 Yi Yu , Gaoxi Xiao

We present a physics-informed neural network (PINN) model to predict the hydrodynamic force and torque fluctuations in a random array of stationary bidisperse spheres. The PINN model is formulated based on two hypotheses: (i) pairwise…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-08 Zihao Cheng , Anthony Wachs

The massive amount of text data on the web has facilitated research on the quantitative analysis of public opinion, which could not be visualized earlier. In this paper, we propose a new opinion dynamics theory. This theory that is intended…

Physics and Society · Physics 2019-01-01 Akira Ishii , Yasuko Kawahata

The inference of outcomes in dynamic processes from structural features of systems is a crucial endeavor in network science. Recent research has suggested a machine learning-based approach for the interpretation of dynamic patterns emerging…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-11-15 Aruane M. Pineda , Caroline L. Alves , Colm Connaughton , Francisco A. Rodrigues

Social influence profoundly impacts individual choices and collective behaviors in politics. In this work, driven by the goal of protecting elections from improper influence, we consider the following scenario: an individual, who has vested…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Dragos Ristache , Fabian Spaeh , Charalampos E. Tsourakakis

Investigation of social influence dynamics requires mathematical models that are "simple" enough to admit rigorous analysis, and yet sufficiently "rich" to capture salient features of social groups. Thus, the mechanism of iterative opinion…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-20 Anton V. Proskurnikov , Roberto Tempo , Ming Cao , Noah E. Friedkin

The integration of Scientific Machine Learning (SciML) techniques with uncertainty quantification (UQ) represents a rapidly evolving frontier in computational science. This work advances Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) by…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2025-12-30 Georgios Arampatzis , Stylianos Katsarakis , Charalambos Makridakis

Differential equations are indispensable to engineering and hence to innovation. In recent years, physics-informed neural networks (PINN) have emerged as a novel method for solving differential equations. PINN method has the advantage of…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-01-07 Mayank Raj , Pramod Kumbhar , Ratna Kumar Annabattula

This paper aims to provide a systemic analysis to social opinion dynamics subject to individual biases. As a generalization of the classical DeGroot social interactions, defined by linearly coupled dynamics of peer opinions that evolve over…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Zihan Chen , Jiahu Qin , Bo Li , Hongsheng Qi , Peter Buchhorn , Guodong Shi

Seismic wave forward and inverse modeling are fundamental tools for subsurface imaging and geological hazard assessment. Conventional grid-based numerical methods, such as finite-difference and finite-element approaches, often require dense…

Geophysics · Physics 2026-01-23 Chaohua Liang , Xingliang Peng , Jun Matsushima

Physics-informed neural networks (PINNs) offer a powerful framework for seismic wavefield modeling, yet they typically require time-consuming retraining when applied to different velocity models. Moreover, their training can suffer from…

Geophysics · Physics 2025-06-03 Shijun Cheng , Tariq Alkhalifah

Social pressure is a key factor affecting the evolution of opinions on networks in many types of settings, pushing people to conform to their neighbors' opinions. To study this, the interacting Polya urn model was introduced by Jadbabaie et…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Jennifer Tang , Aviv Adler , Amir Ajorlou , Ali Jadbabaie

A physics-informed neural network (PINN) that combines deep learning with physics is studied to solve the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation for learning nonlinear dynamics in fiber optics. We carry out a systematic investigation and…

Optics · Physics 2021-09-03 Xiaotian Jiang , Danshi Wang , Qirui Fan , Min Zhang , Chao Lu , Alan Pak Tao Lau

This paper investigates propagation of SH-waves in a layered composite structure consisting of a pre-stressed functionally graded magnetoelastic orthotropic layer overlying a pre-stressed functionally graded orthotropic half-space under the…

Computational Physics · Physics 2026-03-30 Diksha , Katyayani , Hriticka Dhiman , Soniya Chaudhary , Pawan Kumar Sharma , Mayank Kumar Jha