A Survey on Nonstrategic Models of Opinion Dynamics

Journal article: The paper presents a survey on selected models of opinion dynamics. Both discrete (more precisely, binary) opinion models as well as continuous opinion models are discussed. We focus on frameworks that assume non-Bayesian updating of opinions. In the survey, a special attention is paid to modeling nonconformity (in particular, anticonformity) behavior. For the case of opinions represented by a binary variable, we recall the threshold model, the voter and q-voter models, the majority rule model, and the aggregation framework. For the case of continuous opinions, we present the DeGroot model and some of its variations, time-varying models, and bounded confidence models.

Author(s)

Michel Grabisch, Agnieszka Rusinowska

Journal
  • Games
Date of publication
  • 2020
Keywords
  • Opinion dynamics
  • Binary opinion
  • Continuous opinion
  • Non-Bayesian updating
  • Nonconformity
Version
  • 1
Volume
  • 11