Comment on "mixing beliefs among interacting agents"

Javier GÓmez-Serrano; Jean Yves Le Boudec

doi:10.1142/S0219525912500282

Comment on "mixing beliefs among interacting agents"

Javier GÓmez-Serrano
, Jean Yves Le Boudec

Mathematics

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Abstract

We comment on the derivation of the main equation in the bounded confidence model of opinion dynamics. In the original work, the equation is derived using an ad-hoc counting method. We point that the original derivation does contain some small mistake. The mistake does not have a large qualitative impact, but it reveals the danger of the ad-hoc counting method. We show how a more systematic approach, which we call micro to macro, can avoid such mistakes, without adding any significant complexity.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1250028
Journal	Advances in Complex Systems
Volume	15
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219525912500282
State	Published - Oct 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Control and Systems Engineering

Keywords

Bounded confidence
Mean field
Micro to macro
Opinion dynamics
model

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