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Likelihood-Based Methods Improve Parameter Estimation in Opinion Dynamics Models
Jacopo Lenti, Corrado Monti, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
We show that a maximum likelihood approach for parameter estimation in agent-based models (ABMs) of opinion dynamics outperforms the typical simulation-based approach. Simulation-b…
Political Context of the European Vaccine Debate on Twitter
Giordano Paoletti, Lorenzo Dall'Amico, Kyriaki Kalimeri +5
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, fears grew that making vaccination a political (instead of public health) issue may impact the efficacy of this life-saving intervention,…
Global misinformation spillovers in the online vaccination debate before and during COVID-19
Jacopo Lenti, Kyriaki Kalimeri, André Panisson +4
Anti-vaccination views pervade online social media, fueling distrust in scientific expertise and increasing vaccine-hesitant individuals. While previous studies focused on specific…