Continuous model of opinion dynamics with convictions

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2023076MaRDI QIDQ6052982zbMATH OpenFDO

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Publication date 17 October 2023

Published in Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.09199

zbMATH Keywords

collective behaviorCucker-Smale systemopinion dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transport equations (35Q49) Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30)

Abstract: In this note we study a new kinetic model of opinion dynamics. The model incorporates two forces -- alignment of opinions under all-to-all communication driving the system to a consensus, and Rayleigh type friction force that drives each `player' to its fixed conviction value. The balance between these forces creates a non-trivial limiting outcome. We establish existence of a global mono-opinion state, whereby any initial distribution of opinions for each conviction value aggregates to the Dirac measure concentrated on a single opinion. We identify several cases where such a state is unique and depends continuously on the initial distribution of convictions. Several regularity properties of the limiting distribution of opinions are presented.

Review text

This paper studies a continuous model of opinion dynamics with convictions. It focuses on the Nash equilibrium as well as the regularity and long time behavior of the system based on transport equation. The proposed model uses the basic all-to-all communication rule but it incorporates the nonlinear conviction force. It describes the effect of strengthening the pull towards conviction as it becomes more extreme. The model is not Galilean invariant and is fully non-linear. Based on the analysis of well-posedness and mean-field limit, it is shown that each of the family of probability slicing measures can approach a monotonic opinion state, namely a Dirac measure at a fixed point.

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