… of opinion dynamics, we survey several recently developed models on opinion formation and
social power evolution. … assumption that individuals’ opinions evolve on a single issue by …

… form opinions about a sequence of issues. Our empirical model combines the averaging rule
of DeGroot to describe opinion formation … ’ self-appraisal and social power. Given a set of …

… Our model is completed by formulating how the self-weights t ↦→ x(t) evolve during
opinion formation. We start by proposing a natural distributed dynamical process (originally …

… on the DeGroot–Friedkin model [28] claim eigenvector centrality as the elementary driver of
social power evolution in sequences of opinion formation processes. It is also noted that the …

… the formation of opinions in committees or social … Opinion dynamics, or the way opinions
evolve in time given especially interactions between people, is one such domain. Opinion …

… games, which could be extended to deal with the evolution of interpersonal influence
structures. In particular, we restrict our attention to opinion formation models in which each agent …

… of opinion formation in large groups of people are driven by two major “attractors of opinion”…
clusters of low-confidence individuals sharing a similar opinion. In particular, we show that a …

… We report signals of these implications in an experiment on 30 small groups assembled to
discuss 15 choice-dilemma issues on which opinions are formed about the minimum level of …

… initial social power is forgotten as a result of sequential opinion discussion. Finally, we provide
an explicit upper bound on an individual’s social power … network is first formed and before …

… of individuals during opinion formation, has drawn … the evolution of social power in influence
networks with stubborn individuals. First, we propose two models on social power evolution …