Model for the competitive seeding of opinions in networks with hybrid gossip-threshold dynamics
US11023904B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 3, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jun 1, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 30, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/01
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Described is a system for determining how opinions spread through a network. Opinion dynamics are applied to a network, each node having a corresponding opinion. Each node is described by an active state or an inactive state such that inactive nodes can update their opinions, and active nodes are fixed in their opinion at the time of activation. Inactive nodes can be influenced by both active nodes and inactive nodes. The opinion dynamics proceed in discrete time steps with an influence step for updating each inactive node's opinion, and a stochastic action step for determining whether an inactive node becomes activated. The system identifies how opinions spread through the network using the applied opinion dynamics, resulting in a set of opinion dynamics data. The opinion dynamics data is used to control information that a device or account is allowed to post to social media platform.
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