11 papers
An agent-based model of the formation and evolution of common ground
Mengbin Ye, Wooseok Jung, Tony J. Mathew +2
The existence of a communal common ground is vital for collective action and coordination in a population, but the micro-level cognitive and social processes that lead to the forma…
Robustness Analysis of Australia's Internet Using a Multilayer Network Model
Benjamin Lang, Matthew Roughan, Mengbin Ye
Australia depends on an Internet built from multiple networks of long-haul links. We study the interactions of these independent provider networks to investigate how the peering be…
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…
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…