Opinion Dynamics Optimization by Varying Susceptibility to Persuasion via Non-Convex Local Search
Abstract
A long line of work in social psychology has studied variations in people’s susceptibility to persuasion—the extent to which they are willing to modify their opinions on a topic. This body of literature suggests an interesting perspective on theoretical models of opinion formation by interacting parties in a network: in addition to considering interventions that directly modify people’s intrinsic opinions, it is also natural to consider interventions that modify people’s susceptibility to persuasion.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 21, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1145/3466617
Entities
People
- Charalampos E. Tsourakakis
- David Parkes
- Jon Kleinberg
- Mauro Sozio
- Rediet Abebe
- T.-h. Hubert Chan
- Zhibin Liang
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- Boston University
- Cornell University
- Harvard University
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Hong Kong