Exchange of Majority in Opinion Evolution on Complex Networks

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10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.62How to use a DOI?

Keywords

complex network, spectral analysis, ordinary differential equation, opinion dynamics, voting

Abstract

This study considers a voting as a kind of opinion dynamic. People talk to and influence each other on a network basis until the end of the voting. During the process, the majority of the votes may transfer between two parties. The structure of the voter’s network significantly impacts the frequency of the exchanges and the length of time between them. Five typical complex networks are built in this study. Opinions evolve on these networks. The exchanges of majority are observed on all networks. The relation between network structure and the exchange features are investigated. A new method to predict the voting result is suggested.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wenting Wang
AU  - Yulin He
AU  - Beishao Cao
AU  - Yixin Liu
PY  - 2019/05
DA  - 2019/05
TI  - Exchange of Majority in Opinion Evolution on Complex Networks
BT  - Proceedings of the 2019 International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 278
EP  - 284
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.62
DO  - 10.2991/icpcs-19.2019.62
ID  - Wang2019/05
ER  -