Influence Enhancement in Opinion Dynamics Using Edge Modification: A Kron Reduction-Based Approach
Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Dynamical Systems and seminar by Twinkle Tripathy, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Hosted by Indian Institute of Science — Centre for Networked Intelligence
Monday 16:00–17:00 Kolkata (GMT+5:30)
Starts in 8 days
Abstract
Twinkle Tripathy studies how changing connections in a social network can increase the influence of a selected stubborn agent under the Friedkin–Johnsen model of opinion dynamics. The proposed edge changes resemble recommendation mechanisms in online networks. The talk identifies topological conditions under which these modifications consistently increase the chosen agent’s influence, with effects that remain robust when stubbornness parameters and interaction weights change. Demonstrations on Erdős–Rényi random graphs illustrate the approach.