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A dynamical model of platform choice and online segregation
Sven Banisch, Dennis Jacob, Tom Willaert +1
In order to truly understand how social media might shape online discourses or contribute to societal polarization, we need refined models of platform choice, that is: models that…
Aggregation and Emergence in Agent-Based Models: A Markov Chain Approach
Sven Banisch, Ricardo Lima, Tanya Araújo
We analyze the dynamics of agent--based models (ABMs) from a Markovian perspective and derive explicit statements about the possibility of linking a microscopic agent model to the…
Agent Based Models and Opinion Dynamics as Markov Chains
Sven Banisch, Ricardo Lima, Tanya Araújo
This paper introduces a Markov chain approach that allows a rigorous analysis of agent based opinion dynamics as well as other related agent based models (ABM). By viewing the ABM…
Opinion Dynamics and Communication Networks
S. Banisch, T. Araújo, J. Louçã
This paper examines the interplay of opinion exchange dynamics and communication network formation. An opinion formation procedure is introduced which is based on an abstract repre…