Asymmetric Opinion Formation of Emotional Eccitable Agents

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Main Authors: Ferri, Irene, Cozzo, Emanuele, Nicolas-Olive, Aleix, Diaz-Guilera, Albert, Prignano, Luce
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author Ferri, Irene
Cozzo, Emanuele
Nicolas-Olive, Aleix
Diaz-Guilera, Albert
Prignano, Luce
author_facet Ferri, Irene
Cozzo, Emanuele
Nicolas-Olive, Aleix
Diaz-Guilera, Albert
Prignano, Luce
contents The bounded confidence model represents a widely adopted framework for modeling opinion dynamics wherein actors have a continuous-valued opinion and interact and approach their positions in the opinion space only if their opinions are within a specified confidence threshold. Here, we propose a novel framework where the confidence bound is determined by a decreasing function of their emotional arousal, an additional independent variable distinct from the opinion value. Additionally, our framework accounts for agents' ability to broadcast messages, with interactions influencing the timing of each other's message emissions. Our findings underscore the significant role of synchronization in shaping consensus formation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that variable confidence intervals alter the impact of step length when navigating the opinion space, leading to deviations from observations in the traditional Deffuant model.
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spellingShingle Asymmetric Opinion Formation of Emotional Eccitable Agents
Ferri, Irene
Cozzo, Emanuele
Nicolas-Olive, Aleix
Diaz-Guilera, Albert
Prignano, Luce
Physics and Society
91C20, 91D30
The bounded confidence model represents a widely adopted framework for modeling opinion dynamics wherein actors have a continuous-valued opinion and interact and approach their positions in the opinion space only if their opinions are within a specified confidence threshold. Here, we propose a novel framework where the confidence bound is determined by a decreasing function of their emotional arousal, an additional independent variable distinct from the opinion value. Additionally, our framework accounts for agents' ability to broadcast messages, with interactions influencing the timing of each other's message emissions. Our findings underscore the significant role of synchronization in shaping consensus formation. Furthermore, we demonstrate that variable confidence intervals alter the impact of step length when navigating the opinion space, leading to deviations from observations in the traditional Deffuant model.
title Asymmetric Opinion Formation of Emotional Eccitable Agents
topic Physics and Society
91C20, 91D30
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.14099