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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…
Controlling a Social Network of Individuals with Coevolving Actions and Opinions
Roberta Raineri, Mengbin Ye, Lorenzo Zino
In this paper, we consider a population of individuals who have actions and opinions, which coevolve, mutually influencing one another on a complex network structure. In particular…
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…
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…