Persuasion exists in every aspect of social life. It is important to understand how persuasion
works and how strong it is. In this article, we improve the classic Hegselmann–Krause …

We propose a setting for two-phase opinion dynamics in social networks, where a node's
final opinion in the first phase acts as its initial biased opinion in the second phase. In this …

In this paper, we propose a new model for binary opinion dynamics in a (fully connected)
structurally balanced network. In a structurally balanced network, agents are classified into …

This paper analyzes a nonlinear opinion dynamics model which generalizes the DeGroot
model by introducing a bias parameter for each individual. The original DeGroot model is …

In a social network, an individual may express an opinion against his/her own private
opinion. Moreover, during the evolution of opinion dynamics, an individual may only accept …

The decision making environment has been dramatically affected by rapid developments in
society and the economy. Large-scale group decision making (LSGDM) based on social …

Opinion dynamics on social networks have received considerable attentions in recent years.
Nevertheless, just a few works have theoretically analyzed the condition in which a certain …

This article proposes an opinion formation model featuring both a private and an expressed
opinion for a given topic over dynamical networks. Each individual in the network has a …

With the development of the information and Internet technology, the public opinions with big
data will rapidly emerge in an online-offline social network, and an inefficient management …

Group opinion often has an important influence on the development and decision-making of
major events. However, there are existing two problems with group opinion:(1) As opinions …