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A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics

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The paper presents a survey on selected models of opinion dynamics. Both discrete (more precisely, binary) opinion models as well as continuous opinion models are discussed. We focus on frameworks that assume non-Bayesian updating of opinions. In the survey, a special attention is paid to modeling nonconformity (in particular, anticonformity) behavior. For the case of opinions represented by a binary variable, we recall the threshold model, the voter and q-voter models, the majority rule model, and the aggregation framework. For the case of continuous opinions, we present the DeGroot model and some of its variations, time-varying models, and bounded confidence models

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  • Michel Grabisch & Agnieszka Rusinowska, 2021. "A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics," Documents de travail du Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne 21005, Université Panthéon-Sorbonne (Paris 1), Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne.
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