Group-based rewiring rules of binary opinion competition dynamics.

ABSTRACT: The dynamics of competing opinions on networks has attracted multi-disciplinary research. Most modelling approaches assume uniform or heterogeneous behaviour among all individuals, while the role of distinctive group behaviour is rarely addressed. Here, we consider competition occurring between two opinion groups with bound rewiring rules, i.e., opinion-preferred rewiring, degree-preferred rewiring and random rewiring. When two opinions share a balanced initial proportion, opinion-preferred rewiring is superior to the other rules under low rewiring rates, and coexistence occurs under high rewiring rates. For unbalanced proportions, the best response rule for the minority/majority is unfixed, and this depends on the initial proportion and rewiring frequency. Furthermore, we find evolution p

SUBMITTER: Jin C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6158185 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature