Analysis of Mean-Field Approximation for Deffuant Opinion Dynamics on Networks

DOI10.1137/22M1499765MaRDI QIDQ6041384zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Kevin Burke, James P. Gleeson, D. O'Kiely

Publication date 26 May 2023

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Copyright license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.07167

zbMATH Keywords

social networksasymptotic analysislinear stabilityopinion dynamicsmean-field approximationcluster formation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with game theory, economics, social and behavioral sciences (35Q91) Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30) Integro-partial differential equations (35R09)

Abstract: Mean-field equations have been developed recently to approximate the dynamics of the Deffuant model of opinion formation. These equations can describe both fully-mixed populations and the case where individuals interact only along edges of a network. In each case, interactions only occur between individuals whose opinions differ by less than a given parameter, called the confidence bound. The size of the confidence bound parameter is known to strongly affect both the dynamics and the number and location of opinion clusters. In this work we carry out a mathematical analysis of the mean-field equations to investigate the role of the confidence bound and boundaries on these important observables of the model. We consider the limit in which the confidence bound interval is small, and identify the key mechanisms driving opinion evolution. We show that linear stability analysis can predict the number and location of opinion clusters. Comparison with numerical simulations of the model illustrates that the early-time dynamics and the final cluster locations can be accurately approximated for networks composed of two degree classes, as well as for the case of a fully-mixed population.

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