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| author | Eichhorn, Raphael Hermann, Felix Seiler, Marco |
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| contents | We study a variant of the voter model on a coevolving network in which interactions of two individuals with differing opinions only lead to an agreement on one of these opinions with a fixed probability $q$. Otherwise, with probability $1-q$, both individuals become offended in the sense that they never interact again, i.e. the corresponding edge is removed from the underlying network. Eventually, these dynamics reach an absorbing state at which there is only one opinion present in each connected component of the network. If globally both opinions are present at absorption we speak of "segregation'', otherwise of "consensus''. We rigorously show that segregation and a weaker form of consensus both occur with positive probability for every $q \in (0,1)$ and that the segregation probability tends to $1$ as $q \to 0$. Furthermore, we establish that, if $q \to 1$ fast enough, with high probability the population reaches consensus while the underlying network is still densely connected. We provide results from simulations to assess the obtained bounds and to discuss further properties of the limiting state. |
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| spellingShingle | The Offended Voter Model Eichhorn, Raphael Hermann, Felix Seiler, Marco Probability We study a variant of the voter model on a coevolving network in which interactions of two individuals with differing opinions only lead to an agreement on one of these opinions with a fixed probability $q$. Otherwise, with probability $1-q$, both individuals become offended in the sense that they never interact again, i.e. the corresponding edge is removed from the underlying network. Eventually, these dynamics reach an absorbing state at which there is only one opinion present in each connected component of the network. If globally both opinions are present at absorption we speak of "segregation'', otherwise of "consensus''. We rigorously show that segregation and a weaker form of consensus both occur with positive probability for every $q \in (0,1)$ and that the segregation probability tends to $1$ as $q \to 0$. Furthermore, we establish that, if $q \to 1$ fast enough, with high probability the population reaches consensus while the underlying network is still densely connected. We provide results from simulations to assess the obtained bounds and to discuss further properties of the limiting state. |
| title | The Offended Voter Model |
| topic | Probability |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18619 |