Opinion Dynamics on Discourse Sheaves

2020/05/26 by Hansen, Jakob, Ghrist, Robert · 10 citations
#55N30 (Secondary) #91D30 (Primary) #Algebraic Topology (math.AT) #Dynamical Systems (math.DS) #FOS: Mathematics

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2005.12798

Abstract

We introduce a novel class of Laplacians and diffusion dynamics on discourse sheaves as a model for network dynamics, with application to opinion dynamics on social networks. These sheaves are algebraic data structures tethered to a network (or more general space) that can represent various modes of communication, including selective opinion modulation and lying. After introducing the sheaf model, we develop a sheaf Laplacian in this context and show how to evolve both opinions and communications with diffusion dynamics over the network. Issues of controllability, reachability, bounded confidence, and harmonic extension are addressed using this framework.

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