A Formal Model for Polarization under Confirmation Bias in Social Networks

We describe a model for polarization in multi-agent systems based on Esteban and Ray's standard family of polarization measures from economics. Agents evolve by updating their beliefs (opinions) based on an underlying influence graph, as in the standard DeGroot model for social learning, but un...

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Main Authors: Mário S. Alvim, Bernardo Amorim, Sophia Knight, Santiago Quintero, Frank Valencia
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Logical Methods in Computer Science e.V. 2023-03-01
Series:Logical Methods in Computer Science
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Online Access:https://lmcs.episciences.org/8874/pdf