复杂网络选民模型中的不和谐
Discord in the voter model for complex networks
AI总结:
本文提出一种精确计算方法,用于分析带或不带狂热者的多状态选民模型中任意智能体间不和谐概率的演化,适用于任意有向加权图,并揭示了聚类对极化网络中不和谐行为的影响。
摘要:
在线社交网络已成为主要的沟通方式。由于它们常常表现出敌意、极化或回音室等不良效应,开发有助于我们更好地理解这些现象的分析工具至关重要。本文关注社交网络中不和谐的演化。形式上,我们引入了一种方法,用于计算在带有和不带有狂热者(zealots)的多状态选民模型中任意两个智能体之间产生不和谐的概率。我们的工作适用于任何有向加权图,允许存在任意有限数量的可能意见,支持不同智能体具有不同的更新速率,并且不涉及任何近似。在某些拓扑条件下,智能体的意见是独立的,联合分布可以被解耦。否则,不和谐概率的演化由一个常微分方程线性系统描述。我们证明了唯一均衡解的存在性,该解可以通过迭代算法计算得到。经典的活动连接密度定义被推广,以考虑长程加权交互。我们在真实网络和合成网络上展示了我们的发现。特别是,我们研究了聚类对不和谐的影响,并揭示了极化网络中丰富多样的行为图景。这为理解对抗性社区之间以及社区内部不和谐的演化提供了启示。
英文摘要:
Online social networks have become primary means of communication. As they often exhibit undesirable effects such as hostility, polarisation or echo chambers, it is crucial to develop analytical tools that help us better understand them. In this paper, we are interested in the evolution of discord in social networks. Formally, we introduce a method to calculate the probability of discord between any two agents in the multi-state voter model with and without zealots. Our work applies to any directed, weighted graph with any finite number of possible opinions, allows for various update rates across agents, and does not imply any approximation. Under certain topological conditions, their opinions are independent and the joint distribution can be decoupled. Otherwise, the evolution of discord probabilities is described by a linear system of ordinary differential equations. We prove the existence of a unique equilibrium solution, which can be computed via an iterative algorithm. The classical definition of active links density is generalized to take into account long-range, weighted interactions. We illustrate our findings on real-life and synthetic networks. In particular, we investigate the impact of clustering on discord, and uncover a rich landscape of varied behaviors in polarised networks. This sheds lights on the evolution of discord between, and within, antagonistic communities.
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