Predictive Control Strategies for Sustaining Innovation Adoption on Multilayer Social Networks
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| author | Alutto, Martina Xu, Qiulin Dabbene, Fabrizio Ishii, Hideaki Ravazzi, Chiara |
| author_facet | Alutto, Martina Xu, Qiulin Dabbene, Fabrizio Ishii, Hideaki Ravazzi, Chiara |
| contents | This paper studies an optimal control problem for an adoption-opinion model that couples innovation adoption with opinion formation on a multilayer network. Adoption spreads through social contagion and perceived benefits, while opinions evolve via social interactions and feedback from adoption levels. Individuals may abandon adoption due to dissatisfaction or external constraints, potentially hindering diffusion. We analyze system equilibria and their stability, identifying conditions under which adoption persists. We introduce a Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy that dynamically adapts interventions to the predicted system evolution. Three types of control are compared: shaping opinions, acting on the adoption rate, and reducing dissatisfaction. Overall, MPC interventions outperform static constant control, achieving higher adoption at comparable or lower cost. These results highlight the potential of predictive, adaptive strategies to support sustainable behavior diffusion, offering policymakers scalable tools for effective interventions. |
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| spellingShingle | Predictive Control Strategies for Sustaining Innovation Adoption on Multilayer Social Networks Alutto, Martina Xu, Qiulin Dabbene, Fabrizio Ishii, Hideaki Ravazzi, Chiara Optimization and Control This paper studies an optimal control problem for an adoption-opinion model that couples innovation adoption with opinion formation on a multilayer network. Adoption spreads through social contagion and perceived benefits, while opinions evolve via social interactions and feedback from adoption levels. Individuals may abandon adoption due to dissatisfaction or external constraints, potentially hindering diffusion. We analyze system equilibria and their stability, identifying conditions under which adoption persists. We introduce a Model Predictive Control (MPC) strategy that dynamically adapts interventions to the predicted system evolution. Three types of control are compared: shaping opinions, acting on the adoption rate, and reducing dissatisfaction. Overall, MPC interventions outperform static constant control, achieving higher adoption at comparable or lower cost. These results highlight the potential of predictive, adaptive strategies to support sustainable behavior diffusion, offering policymakers scalable tools for effective interventions. |
| title | Predictive Control Strategies for Sustaining Innovation Adoption on Multilayer Social Networks |
| topic | Optimization and Control |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.01457 |