Bifurcation Phenomena of Opinion Dynamics in Complex Networks

Long Guo; Xu Cai

Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1

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Bifurcation Phenomena of Opinion Dynamics in Complex Networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_114,
    author={Long Guo and Xu Cai},
    title={Bifurcation Phenomena of Opinion Dynamics in Complex Networks},
    proceedings={Complex Sciences. First International Conference, Complex 2009, Shanghai, China, February 23-25, 2009. Revised Papers, Part 1},
    proceedings_a={COMPLEX PART 1},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={opinion dynamics complex networks topology bifurcation phenomena},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_114}
}

Long Guo
Xu Cai
Year: 2012
Bifurcation Phenomena of Opinion Dynamics in Complex Networks
COMPLEX PART 1
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_114

Long Guo¹^,*, Xu Cai¹^,*

1: Huazhong (Central China) Normal University

*Contact email: longkuo0314@gmail.com, xcai@mail.ccnu.edu.cn

Abstract

In this paper, we study the opinion dynamics of Improved Deffuant model (IDM), where the convergence parameter is a function of the opposite’s degree according to the celebrity effect, in small-world network (SWN) and scale-free network (SFN). Generically, the system undergoes a phase transition from the plurality state to the polarization state and to the consensus state as the confidence parameter increasing. Furthermore, the evolution of the steady opinion as a function of , and the relation between the minority steady opinion and the individual connectivity also have been analyzed. Our present work shows the crucial role of the confidence parameter and the complex system topology in the opinion dynamics of IDM.

Keywords: opinion dynamics complex networks topology bifurcation phenomena

Published: 2012-05-11

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_114