4 papers
Low-dimensional Dynamics of the Social Compass Model
Corbit R. Sampson, Juan G. Restrepo
The social compass model has been recently proposed as a model for depolarization in populations where individuals have multiple, possibly correlated, opinions. Previous work has f…
A Utility-Driven Bounded-Confidence Model for Opinion Dynamics
Alex Siebenmorgen, Juan G. Restrepo
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…
Oscillatory and Excitable Dynamics in an Opinion Model with Group Opinions
Corbit R. Sampson, Juan G. Restrepo, Mason A. Porter
In traditional models of opinion dynamics, each agent in a network has an opinion and changes in opinions arise from pairwise (i.e., dyadic) interactions between agents. However, i…
Competing Social Contagions with Opinion Dependent Infectivity
Corbit R. Sampson, Juan G. Restrepo
The spread of disinformation (maliciously spread false information) in online social networks has become an important problem in today's society. Disinformation's spread is facilit…