Dynamics of opinion formation under majority rules on complex social networks

• Main Authors: Nguyen, Vu Xuan, Xiao, Gaoxi, Xu, Xin-Jian, Wu, Qingchu, Xia, Cheng-Yi
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering::Computer science and engineering; Computational Science; Statistical Physics, Thermodynamics and Nonlinear Dynamics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/146215
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We study opinion dynamics on complex social networks where each individual holding a binary opinion on a certain subject may change her/his mind to match the opinion of the majority. Two rules of interactions between individuals, termed as classic majority and influence majority rules, respectively,...