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In this manuscript, we introduce and study a variant of the agent-based opinion dynamics proposed in a recent work [8], within the framework of an interacting multi-agent system, where agents are assumed to interact with each other and…

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In this work we study the coupled dynamics of social balance and opinion formation. We propose a model where agents form opinions under bounded confidence, but only considering the opinions of their friends. The signs of social ties…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-10-11 Antonio Parravano , Ascención Andina-Díaz , Miguel A Meléndez-Jiménez

We investigate opinion dynamics and information spreading on networks under the influence of content filtering technologies. The filtering mechanism, present in many online social platforms, reduces individuals' exposure to disagreeing…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-01-26 Antonio F. Peralta , János Kertész , Gerardo Iñiguez

The constrained voter model describes the dynamics of opinions in a population of individuals located on a connected graph. Each agent is characterized by her opinion, where the set of opinions is represented by a finite sequence of…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-10-02 Nicolas Lanchier , Stylianos Scarlatos

Axelrod model is an opinion dynamics model such that each agent on a square lattice has a finite number of possible nominal opinions on a finite number of issues that are usually called features in the field. Moreover, its dynamics between…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-05-07 X. Zou , H. F. Chau

Understanding the social conditions that tend to increase or decrease polarization is important for many reasons. We study a network-structured agent-based model of opinion dynamics, extending a model previously introduced by Flache and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-08-03 Matthew A. Turner , Paul E. Smaldino

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 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

A general model of opinion dynamics is introduced in which each individual's opinion is measured on a bounded continuous spectrum. Each opinion is influenced heterogeneously by every other opinion in the population. It is demonstrated that…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-10-22 Joseph William Baron

We investigate majority rule dynamics in a population with two classes of people, each with two opinion states $\pm 1$, and with tunable interactions between people in different classes. In an update, a randomly selected group adopts the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-06-23 P. L. Krapivsky , S. Redner

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 contrarian voter model for opinion formation in a society under the influence of an external oscillating propaganda and stochastic noise. Each agent of the population can hold one of two possible opinions on a given issue…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-08-25 M. Cecilia Gimenez , Luis Reinaudi , Federico Vazquez

Opinion formation is an important element of social dynamics. It has been widely studied in the last years with tools from physics, mathematics and computer science. Here, a continuous model of opinion dynamics for multiple possible choices…

Physics and Society · Physics 2014-01-28 Alina Sîrbu , Vittorio Loreto , Vito D. P. Servedio , Francesca Tria

We study the voter model with a finite density of zealots--voters than never change opinion. For equal numbers of zealots of each species, the distribution of magnetization (opinions) is Gaussian in the mean-field limit as well as in one…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-08-23 M. Mobilia , A. Petersen , S. Redner

We study a model for social influence in which the agents' opinion is a continuous variable [G. Weisbuch et al., Complexity \textbf{7}, 2, 55 (2002)]. The convergent opinion adjustment process takes place as a result of random binary…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. F. Laguna , Guillermo Abramson , Damian H. Zanette

We study the average long-time behavior of the binary opinions of a social group with peer-to-peer interactions under the influence of an external bias and a persuadable leader, a strongly-biased agent with a dynamic opinion with the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-05-30 Tiago S. A. N. Simões , Antonio Coniglio , Hans J. Herrmann , Lucilla de Arcangelis

We study a family of opinion formation models in one dimension where the propensity for a voter to align with its local environment depends non-linearly on the fraction of disagreeing neighbors. Depending on this non-linearity in the voting…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2008-04-23 R. Lambiotte , S. Redner

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…

In a previous paper we proposed a model to study the dynamics of opinion formation in human societies by a co-evolution process involving two distinct time scales of fast transaction and slower network evolution dynamics. In the transaction…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-05-22 Gerardo Iñiguez , Rafael A. Barrio , János Kertész , Kimmo K. Kaski

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