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Stubborn agents dramatically alter opinion dynamics in multi-agent systems

This paper investigates how 'stubborn agents' influence opinion dynamics in multi-agent systems. Researchers developed a model where non-stubborn agents adopt the majority opinion from a randomly sampled group of neighbors, while a proportion of agents remain fixed in their beliefs. The study reveals that the time to reach a steady-state opinion distribution is highly dependent on the proportions of stubborn agents, with small differences leading to exponentially long convergence times, and large proportions resulting in logarithmic convergence. AI

IMPACT This research could inform the design of more robust multi-agent AI systems by understanding how fixed viewpoints affect collective decision-making.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing a new model for opinion dynamics. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.MA (Multiagent) TIER_1 English(EN) · Arpan Mukhopadhyay ·

    Scaling Laws for Majority-based Opinion Dynamics in the Presence of Stubborn Agents

    In a multi-agent system, there are often stubborn followers of specific opinions or beliefs. Motivated by this observation, in this paper, we aim to understand how stubborn agents affect the distribution of opinions in a network where both stubborn and non-stubborn agents interac…