How Opinion Leaders Affect Others on Seeking Truth in a Bounded Confidence Model

Seeking truth is an important objective of agents in social groups. Opinion leaders in social groups may help or hinder the other agents on seeking the truth by symmetric nature. This paper studies the impact of opinion leaders by considering four characteristics of opinion leaders—reputation, stubb...

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Main Authors: Shuwei Chen, David H. Glass, Mark McCartney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Symmetry
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-8994/12/8/1362