Modeling Limited Attention in Opinion Dynamics by Topological Interactions

Francesca Ceragioli (1) , Paolo Frasca (2) , Wilbert Samuel Rossi (3)

1 Polito - Politecnico di Torino = Polytechnic of Turin
2 DANCE - Dynamics and Control of Networks
3 University of Groningen [Groningen]

This work explores models of opinion dynamics with opiniondependent connectivity. Our starting point is that individuals have limited capabilities to engage in interactions with their peers. Motivated by this observation, we propose an opinion dynamics model such that interactions take place with a limited number of peers: we refer to these interactions as topological, as opposed to metric interactions that are postulated in classical bounded-confidence models.

Mots clés: Opinion dynamics; Limited attention; Nonsmooth dynamical systems

Domaines: Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]; Automatique / Robotique

Francesca Ceragioli, Paolo Frasca, Wilbert Samuel Rossi. Modeling Limited Attention in Opinion Dynamics by Topological Interactions. Samson Lasaulce; Panayotis Mertikopoulos; Ariel Orda. Network Games, Control and Optimization, 1354, Springer International Publishing, pp.272-281, 2021, Communications in Computer and Information Science, 978-3-030-87472-8. ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-87473-5_24⟩. ⟨hal-03427782⟩