Who’s Talking First? Consensus or Lack Thereof in Coevolving Opinion Formation Models

2007/11/08 by Cecilia Nardini, B. Kozma, Balazs Kozma +1 · 6 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Computer science #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Social Media and Politics #physics.soc-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.100.158701

published as Physical Review Letters 100, 15 (2008) 158701

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Abstract

We investigate different opinion formation models on adaptive network topologies. Depending on the dynamical process, rewiring can either (i) lead to the elimination of interactions between agents in different states, and accelerate the convergence to a consensus state or break the network in noninteracting groups or (ii), counterintuitively, favor the existence of diverse interacting groups for exponentially long times. The mean-field analysis allows us to elucidate the mechanisms at play. Strikingly, allowing the interacting agents to bear more than one opinion at the same time drastically changes the model's behavior and leads to fast consensus.

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