When network bridges foster consensus. Bounded confidence models in networked societies
Hendrik Schawe, Sylvain Fontaine, Laura Hernández
Abstract
This article shows that random networks foster consensus in a bounded confidence opinion dynamics model by bringing together groups of agents whose difference of opinions is too large for them to interact, using the bridges in the network.
Topics & Concepts
Bounded functionComputer scienceRandom graphConfidence intervalPolitical scienceDistributed computingTheoretical computer scienceMathematicsStatisticsGraphMathematical analysisOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceComplex Network Analysis TechniquesEvolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation