A social power game for the concatenated Friedkin-Johnsen model

• If a concatenated Friedkin-Johnsen model is used to describe the evolution of the opinions of stubborn agents in a sequence of discussion events, then the social power achieved by the agents at the end of the discussions depends from the stubbornness coefficients adopted by the agents through the sequence of events. In this paper we assume that the agents are free to choose their stubbornness profiles, and ask ourselves what strategy should an agent follow in order to maximize its social power. Formulating the problem as a strategic game, we show that choosing the highest possible values of stubbornness in the early discussions leads to the highest possible social power.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Annan elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Other Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

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