期刊
SIAM JOURNAL ON MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
卷 50, 期 5, 页码 4812-4837出版社
SIAM PUBLICATIONS
DOI: 10.1137/17M1152784
关键词
opinion formation models; Boltzmann equation; grazing limit; nonlocal transport equations
资金
- Universidad de Buenos Aires [20020150100154BA, 20020130100283BA]
- ANPCyT [PICT2012-0153, PICT2014-1771]
- CONICET (Argentina) [PIP 11220150100032CO, 5478/1438]
In this work an opinion formation model with heterogeneous agents is proposed. Each agent is supposed to have a different power of persuasion, as well as his/her own level of zealotry, that is, an individual willingness to be convinced by other agents. In addition, our model includes zealots or stubborn agents, agents that never change opinions. We derive a Bolzmann-like equation for the distribution of agents on the space of opinions, which is approximated by a transport equation with a nonlocal drift term. We study the long-time asymptotic behavior of solutions, characterizing the limit distribution of agents, which consists of the distribution of stubborn agents, plus a delta function at the mean of their opinions, weighted by their power of persuasion. Moreover, explicit bounds on the rate of convergence are given, and the time to convergence is shown to decrease when the number of stubborn agents increases. This is a remarkable fact observed in agent-based simulations in different works.
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