Bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics with heterogeneous node-activity levels
Grace J. Li, Mason A. Porter
Abstract
A bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics on networks with node weights, which encode heterogeneous activity levels, is studied. The presence of heterogeneous node weights increases both opinion fragmentation and convergence times to steady state.
Topics & Concepts
Bounded functionNode (physics)ENCODEFragmentation (computing)Convergence (economics)Confidence intervalDynamics (music)MathematicsComputer scienceStatisticsPhysicsMathematical analysisBiologyEconomicsQuantum mechanicsAcousticsOperating systemBiochemistryEconomic growthGeneOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMisinformation and Its Impacts