An agent based force vector model of social influence that predicts strong polarization in a connected world.

ABSTRACT: The model is based on a vector representation of each agent. The components of the vector are the key continuous "attributes" that determine the social behavior of the agent. A simple mathematical force vector model is used to predict the effect of each agent on all other agents. The force law used is motivated by gravitational force laws and electrical force laws for dipoles. It assumes that the force between two agents is proportional to the "similarity of attributes", which is implemented mathematically as the dot product of the vectors representing the attributes of the agents, and the force goes as the inverse square of the difference in attributes, which is expressed as the Euclidean distance in attribute space between the two vectors. The force between the agents may be positive (at

SUBMITTER: Maclay GJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8594851 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature