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We study Hegselmann-Krause type opinion formation models with non-universal interaction and time-delayed coupling. We assume the presence of a common influencer between two different agents. Moreover, we explore two cases in which such an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-07-25 Chiara Cicolani , Badis Ouahab , Cristina Pignotti

We study pattern formation in the bounded confidence model of opinion dynamics. In this random process, opinion is quantified by a single variable. Two agents may interact and reach a fair compromise, but only if their difference of opinion…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-11-06 E. Ben-Naim , A. Scheel

People's opinions on a wide range of topics often evolve over time through their interactions with others. Models of opinion dynamics primarily focus on one-dimensional opinions, which represent opinions on one topic. However, opinions on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-09-01 Grace Jingying Li , Jiajie Luo , Weiqi Chu

We propose an opinion model based on agents located at the vertices of a regular lattice. Each agent has an independent opinion (among an arbitrary, but fixed, number of choices) and its own degree of conviction. The latter changes every…

Physics and Society · Physics 2012-05-29 S. R. Souza , S. Goncalves

In this paper, we consider two multi-dimensional Hagselmann-Krause (HK) models for opinion dynamics. The two models describe how individuals adjust their opinions on multiple topics, based on the influence of their peers. The models differ…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-20 Giulia De Pasquale , Maria Elena Valcher

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

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

People's opinions change with time as they interact with each other. In a bounded-confidence model (BCM) of opinion dynamics, individuals (which are represented by the nodes of a network) have continuous-valued opinions and are influenced…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Grace J. Li , Jiajie Luo , Mason A. Porter

The consensus model of Krause and Hegselmann can be naturally extended to the case in which opinions are integer instead of real numbers. Our algorithm is much faster than the original version and thus more suitable for applications. For…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Santo Fortunato

In recent years, opinion dynamics has received an increasing attention, and various models have been introduced and evaluated mainly by simulation. In this study, we introduce and study a dynamical model inspired by the so-called `bounded…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2018-11-07 Sergei Yu. Pilyugin , M. C. Campi

We present two models of continuous opinion dynamics under bounded confidence which are representable as nonnegative discrete dynamical systems, namely the Hegselmann-Krause model (Hegselmann and Krause, Journal of Artificial Societies and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2008-06-11 Jan Lorenz

This paper aims at providing rigorous theoretical analysis to investigate the consensus behavior of opinion dynamics in noisy environments. It is known that the well-known Hegselmann-Krause (HK) opinion dynamics demonstrates various…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Wei Su , Ge Chen , Yiguang Hong

Bounded confidence opinion dynamics model the propagation of information in social networks. However in the existing literature, opinions are only viewed as abstract quantities without semantics rather than as part of a decision-making…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2015-06-17 Kush R. Varshney

Hegselmann and Krause introduced a discrete-time model of opinion dynamics with agents having limit confidence. It is well known that the dynamics reaches a stable state in a polynomial number of time steps. However, the gap between the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-14 Sascha Kurz

We study a simple continuous-time multi-agent system related to Krause's model of opinion dynamics: each agent holds a real value, and this value is continuously attracted by every other value differing from it by less than 1, with an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-07-28 Vincent D. Blondel , Julien M. Hendrickx , John N. Tsitsiklis

A new agent-based, bounded-confidence model for discrete one-dimensional opinion dynamics is presented. The agents interact if their opinions do not differ more than a tolerance parameter. In pairwise interactions, one of the pair, randomly…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2013-02-19 M. Kaan Öztürk

The bounded confidence model of opinion dynamics, introduced by Deffuant et al, is a stochastic model for the evolution of continuous-valued opinions within a finite group of peers. We prove that, as time goes to infinity, the opinions…

Probability · Mathematics 2011-04-19 Javier Gómez-Serrano , Carl Graham , Jean-Yves Le Boudec

In opinion dynamics, the convergence of the heterogeneous Hegselmann-Krause (HK) dynamics has always been an open problem for years which looks forward to any essential progress. In this short note, we prove a partial convergence conclusion…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-10 Wei Su , Yongguang Yu

We present numerical simulations of a model of social influence, where the opinion of each agent is represented by a binary vector. Agents adjust their opinions as a result of random encounters, whenever the difference between opinions is…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 M. F. Laguna , Guillermo Abramson , Damian H. Zanette

We present an example of a regular opinion function which, as it evolves in accordance with the discrete-time Hegselmann-Krause bounded confidence dynamics, always retains opinions which are separated by more than two. This confirms a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-03-03 Edvin Wedin , Peter Hegarty