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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…
Online conspiracy communities are more resilient to deplatforming
Corrado Monti, Matteo Cinelli, Carlo Valensise +2
Online social media foster the creation of active communities around shared narratives. Such communities may turn into incubators for conspiracy theories -- some spreading violent…
The Thin Ideology of Populist Advertising on Facebook during the 2019 EU Elections
Arthur Capozzi, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Yelena Mejova +2
Social media has been an important tool in the expansion of the populist message, and it is thought to have contributed to the electoral success of populist parties in the past dec…
Cascade-based Echo Chamber Detection
Marco Minici, Federico Cinus, Corrado Monti +2
Despite echo chambers in social media have been under considerable scrutiny, general models for their detection and analysis are missing. In this work, we aim to fill this gap by p…
On the Relation Between Opinion Change and Information Consumption on Reddit
Flavio Petruzzellis, Corrado Monti, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales +1
While much attention has been devoted to the causes of opinion change, little is known about its consequences. Our study sheds a light on the relationship between one user's opinio…
A Network Model characterized by a Latent Attribute Structure with Competition
Paolo Boldi, Irene Crimaldi, Corrado Monti
The quest for a model that is able to explain, describe, analyze and simulate real-world complex networks is of uttermost practical as well as theoretical interest. In this paper w…