A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics

Michel Grabisch and Agnieszka Rusinowska

Games, 2020, vol. 11, issue 4, 1-29

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: opinion dynamics; binary opinion; continuous opinion; non-Bayesian updating; nonconformity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C C7 C70 C71 C72 C73 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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Working Paper: A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics (2021)
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Working Paper: A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics (2020)
Working Paper: A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics (2020)
Working Paper: A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics (2020)
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