7 papers
Awareness in collective decision-making: Modeling and control in a game-theoretic framework
Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino, Ming Cao
For a society to remain healthy and prosperous, people must collectively behave and act to contribute to the common good, even if there is often a tradeoff against their individual…
Modelling the coevolution of opinion dynamics and decision making in social dilemmas
Ella C. Davidson, Lorenzo Zino, Ming Cao +1
This paper proposes a mathematical model for the coevolution of actions and opinions for a population facing a social dilemma. In particular, we assume each person participates in…
Modelling the Closed Loop Dynamics Between a Social Media Recommender System and Users' Opinions
Ella C. Davidson, Mengbin Ye
This paper proposes a mathematical model to study the coupled dynamics of a Recommender System (RS) algorithm and content consumers (users). The model posits that a large populatio…
Coevolution of Actions and Opinions in Networks of Coordinating and Anti-Coordinating Agents
Hong Liang, Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino +1
In this paper, we investigate the dynamics of coordinating and anti-coordinating agents in a coevolutionary model for actions and opinions. In the model, the individuals of a popul…
Multi-layer network analysis of deliberation in an online discussion platform: the case of Reddit
Tianshu Gao, Mengbin Ye, Robert Ackland
This paper uses a multi-layer network model to study deliberation in online discussion platforms, focusing on the Reddit platform. The model comprises two layers: a discussion laye…
Data-informed modeling of the formation, persistence, and evolution of social norms and conventions
Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino
Social norms and conventions are commonly accepted and adopted behaviors and practices within a social group that guide interactions -- e.g., how to spell a word or how to greet pe…