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INTRODUCTION TO MODELS OF OPINION DYNAMICS AND THEIR EXAMPLES

  • Sung-hwan Kim (Division of Public Affairs and Police Administration, Dongguk University) ;
  • Ji Eun Kim (Department of Mathematics, Dongguk University)
  • Received : 2024.05.23
  • Accepted : 2024.05.27
  • Published : 2024.05.31
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Abstract

This paper aims to provide a general review of Opinion Dynamics (OD) and its related models, along with application examples for special agents. We will discuss special classes of social actors, such as informed actors, opponents, and extremists, in the context of opinion dynamics. Our main objective is to determine the extent to which opinion dynamics, as a mathematical sociology, relates to social reality. To achieve this, we present key elements of mathematical sociology in Opinion Dynamics, which we then apply to real socioeconomic phenomena using modeling assumptions and mathematical formulations.

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This study was supported by the Dongguk University Research Fund.

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