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Steering opinion dynamics through control of social networks
Andrew Nugent, Susana N. Gomes, Marie-Therese Wolfram
https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.09849 https:/…

Steering opinion dynamics through control of social networks
In this paper we propose a novel control approach for opinion dynamics on evolving networks. The controls modify the strength of connections in the network, rather than influencing opinions directly, with the overall goal of steering the population towards a target opinion. This requires that the social network remains sufficiently connected, the population does not break into separate opinion clusters, and that the target opinion remains accessible. We present several approaches to addressing …