摘要
TheDeGrootmodelisoneofthemostclassicalmodelsinthefieldofopiniondynamics.ThestandardDeGrootmodelassumesthatagentsarehomogeneousandupdatetheiropinionsinthedirectionofaweightedaverageoftheirneighbors'opinions.Onenaturalquestioniswhetherasecondtypeofagentscouldsignificantlychangethemainpropertiesofthemodel.Theauthorsaddressthisquestionbyintroducingrebels,whoupdatetheiropinionstowardtheoppositeoftheirneighbors'weightedaverage.Theauthorsfindthattheexistenceofrebelsremarkablyaffectstheopiniondynamics.Undercertainmildconditions,theexistenceofafewrebelswillleadthegroupopiniontothegoldenmean,regardlessoftheinitialopinionsoftheagentsandthestructureofthelearningnetwork.ThisresultiscompletelydifferentfromthatofthestandardDeGrootmodel,wherethefinalconsensusopinionisdeterminedbyboththeinitialopinionsandthelearningtopology.Thestudythenprovidesnewinsightsintounderstandinghowheterogeneousindividualsinagroupreachconsensusandwhythegoldenmeanissocommoninhumansociety.
出版日期
2018年06月16日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
