Efficient Algorithms for Relevant Quantities of Friedkin-Johnsen Opinion Dynamics Model

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Hauptverfasser: Wang, Gengyu, Zhang, Runze, Zhang, Zhongzhi
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author Wang, Gengyu
Zhang, Runze
Zhang, Zhongzhi
author_facet Wang, Gengyu
Zhang, Runze
Zhang, Zhongzhi
contents Online social networks have become an integral part of modern society, profoundly influencing how individuals form and exchange opinions across diverse domains ranging from politics to public health. The Friedkin-Johnsen model serves as a foundational framework for modeling opinion formation dynamics in such networks. In this paper, we address the computational task of efficiently determining the equilibrium opinion vector and associated metrics including polarization and disagreement, applicable to both directed and undirected social networks. We propose a deterministic local algorithm with relative error guarantees, scaling to networks exceeding ten million nodes. Further acceleration is achieved through integration with successive over-relaxation techniques, where a relaxation factor optimizes convergence rates. Extensive experiments on diverse real-world networks validate the practical effectiveness of our approaches, demonstrating significant improvements in computational efficiency and scalability compared to conventional methods.
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spellingShingle Efficient Algorithms for Relevant Quantities of Friedkin-Johnsen Opinion Dynamics Model
Wang, Gengyu
Zhang, Runze
Zhang, Zhongzhi
Social and Information Networks
Computational Complexity
Online social networks have become an integral part of modern society, profoundly influencing how individuals form and exchange opinions across diverse domains ranging from politics to public health. The Friedkin-Johnsen model serves as a foundational framework for modeling opinion formation dynamics in such networks. In this paper, we address the computational task of efficiently determining the equilibrium opinion vector and associated metrics including polarization and disagreement, applicable to both directed and undirected social networks. We propose a deterministic local algorithm with relative error guarantees, scaling to networks exceeding ten million nodes. Further acceleration is achieved through integration with successive over-relaxation techniques, where a relaxation factor optimizes convergence rates. Extensive experiments on diverse real-world networks validate the practical effectiveness of our approaches, demonstrating significant improvements in computational efficiency and scalability compared to conventional methods.
title Efficient Algorithms for Relevant Quantities of Friedkin-Johnsen Opinion Dynamics Model
topic Social and Information Networks
Computational Complexity
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.14864