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Main Authors: Galves, Antonio, Laxa, Kádmo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.12871
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author Galves, Antonio
Laxa, Kádmo
author_facet Galves, Antonio
Laxa, Kádmo
contents A polarized social network is modeled as a system of interacting marked point processes with memory of variable length. Each point process indicates the successive times in which a social actor expresses a "favorable" or "contrary" opinion. After expressing an opinion, the social pressure on the actor is reset to 0, waiting for the group's reaction. The orientation and the rate at which an actor expresses an opinion is influenced by the social pressure exerted on it, modulated by a polarization coefficient. We prove that the network reaches an instantaneous but metastable consensus, when the polarization coefficient diverges.
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spellingShingle Fast Consensus and Metastability in a Highly Polarized Social Network
Galves, Antonio
Laxa, Kádmo
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A polarized social network is modeled as a system of interacting marked point processes with memory of variable length. Each point process indicates the successive times in which a social actor expresses a "favorable" or "contrary" opinion. After expressing an opinion, the social pressure on the actor is reset to 0, waiting for the group's reaction. The orientation and the rate at which an actor expresses an opinion is influenced by the social pressure exerted on it, modulated by a polarization coefficient. We prove that the network reaches an instantaneous but metastable consensus, when the polarization coefficient diverges.
title Fast Consensus and Metastability in a Highly Polarized Social Network
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url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.12871