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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…
An evidence-accumulating drift-diffusion model of competing information spread on networks
Julien Corsin, Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye
In this paper, we propose an agent-based model of information spread, grounded on psychological insights on the formation and spread of beliefs. In our model, we consider a network…
Repeated and incontrovertible collective action failure leads to protester disengagement and radicalisation
Emma F. Thomas, Mengbin Ye, Simon D. Angus +6
Protest is ubiquitous in the 21st Century and the people who participate in such movements do so because they seek to bring about social change. However, social change takes time a…
Equilibrium Selection in Replicator Equations Using Adaptive-Gain Control
Lorenzo Zino, Mengbin Ye, Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore +1
In this paper, we deal with the equilibrium selection problem, which amounts to steering a population of individuals engaged in strategic game-theoretic interactions to a desired c…