A Utility-Driven Bounded-Confidence Model for Opinion Dynamics
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| author | Siebenmorgen, Alex Restrepo, Juan G. |
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| contents | We introduce a utility-driven bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics in which opinions associated with higher utility exert stronger social influence. In the regime where all agents belong to a single opinion cluster, we derive a stochastic differential equation for the mean opinion and show that its stationary distribution is Gibbs-like, with an effective potential determined by the utility landscape and an inverse temperature controlled by the learning rate and the number of agents. For multimodal utility functions, the dynamics exhibit metastability and spontaneous switching between competing opinion states. The reduced stochastic description also captures the evolution and merging of multiple opinion clusters, in agreement with agent-based simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | A Utility-Driven Bounded-Confidence Model for Opinion Dynamics Siebenmorgen, Alex Restrepo, Juan G. Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Statistical Mechanics Physics and Society We introduce a utility-driven bounded-confidence model of opinion dynamics in which opinions associated with higher utility exert stronger social influence. In the regime where all agents belong to a single opinion cluster, we derive a stochastic differential equation for the mean opinion and show that its stationary distribution is Gibbs-like, with an effective potential determined by the utility landscape and an inverse temperature controlled by the learning rate and the number of agents. For multimodal utility functions, the dynamics exhibit metastability and spontaneous switching between competing opinion states. The reduced stochastic description also captures the evolution and merging of multiple opinion clusters, in agreement with agent-based simulations. |
| title | A Utility-Driven Bounded-Confidence Model for Opinion Dynamics |
| topic | Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Statistical Mechanics Physics and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.21844 |