The Impact of User Stubbornness on Polarization and Disagreement in Social Networks: A Mathematical Exploration Using the Friedkin-Johnson Model
While increasing stubbornness in a social network generally leads to higher polarization and disagreement, surprisingly, increasing the stubbornness of neutral individuals can actually have the opposite effect and decrease polarization and disagreement.
Quantifying the Impact of Influential Figures on Affective Polarization in Online Discussions
Influential figures on social media platforms significantly impact the level of affective polarization in online discussions on contentious topics like climate change and gun control.
Analyzing a Voter Model with Context-Dependent Opinion Adoption
Context-dependent opinion adoption in voter models impacts fixation probabilities and consensus times.
Analyzing Information Dissemination Model Based on User Attitude and Public Opinion Environment
The author proposes the UAPE model to consider dynamic user attitudes and public opinion environment in information dissemination, achieving higher accuracy than existing research.
Cost-Effective Activity Control of Asymptomatic Carriers in Layered Temporal Social Networks Analysis
The authors focus on modeling and optimizing activity control for asymptomatic carriers in layered temporal social networks to minimize disease spread while considering cost constraints.
Link Recommendation Algorithm for Social Influence Maximization
The authors propose an algorithm, AIS, for link recommendation to enhance social influence diffusion, providing a high-probability approximate solution with theoretical guarantees.