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Reasoning about opinion dynamics in social networks

Hansen, Jens Ulrik LU (2019) In Journal of Logic and Computation 29(7). p.1121-1137
Abstract

This article introduces a logic to reason about a well-known model of opinion dynamics in social networks initially developed by Morris DeGroot as well as Keith Lehrer and Carl Wagner. The proposed logic is an extension of Łukasiewicz' fuzzy logic with additional equational expressivity, modal operators, machinery from hybrid logic and dynamic modalities. The model of opinion dynamics in social networks is simple enough to be easily grasped, but still complex enough to have interesting mathematical properties and applications. Thus, developing a logic to reason about this particular model serves as a paradigmatic example of how logic can be useful in social network analysis.

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fuzzy logic, many-valued logic, modal logic, Opinion dynamics, social networks
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Journal of Logic and Computation
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29
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7
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17 pages
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Oxford University Press
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  • scopus:85081714423
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0955-792X
DOI
10.1093/logcom/exv083
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English
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  title        = {{Reasoning about opinion dynamics in social networks}},
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