5 papers
Message Order Selects Opposite Collective Opinions on Laplacian-Cospectral Networks
Ruiwu Niu, Xincheng Shu, Ying Zhao
Receiving the same messages in different orders can change an agent's judgement. We construct a network model in which this local sequence effect determines the final opinion of an…
Same Resident Strains, Different Attractors: Opposite Local Growth Signs for a Rare Third Strain
Ruiwu Niu, Xincheng Shu, Ying Zhao +1
Most models assess whether a newly introduced pathogen strain can grow when rare by testing it against a steady endemic background. Resident strains, however, can have more than on…
Reliability-Contagion Feasibility in LLM Multi-Agent Networks
Ruiwu Niu, Xincheng Shu, Ying Zhao
Communication allows large language model agents to pool evidence, but it also creates paths along which an erroneous claim can spread. We formulate a correction-aware network mode…
Social contagion under hybrid interactions
Xincheng Shu, Man Yang, Zhongyuan Ruan +1
Threshold-driven models and game theory are two fundamental paradigms for describing human interactions in social systems. However, in mimicking social contagion processes, models…
Epidemic spreading under game-based self-quarantine behaviors: The different effects of local and global information
Zegang Huang, Xincheng Shu, Qi Xuan +1
During the outbreak of an epidemic, individuals may modify their behaviors in response to external (including local and global) infection-related information. However, the differen…