Agent-based models are now largely adopted to describe how opinions emerge in a group
of people. This survey provides an analysis of the literature on the subject, highlighting the …

We study pricing strategies of competing firms selling heterogeneous products to
consumers. Goods are substitutes and there are network externalities between neighboring …

The processes of information diffusion across social networks (for example, the spread of
opinions and the formation of beliefs) are attracting substantial interest in disciplines ranging …

We consider complex multistage multiagent negotiation processes such as those occurring
at climate conferences and ask ourselves how can an agent maximize its social power …

We study the French-DeGroot opinion dynamics in a social network with two polarizing
parties. We consider a network in which the leaders of one party are given, and we pose the …

We consider the problem of budget allocation for competitive influence maximization over
social networks. In this problem, multiple competing parties (players) want to distribute their …

We propose an analytical approach to the problem of influence maximization in a social
network where two players compete by means of dynamic targeting strategies. We formulate …

There are a multitude of opinions that are popular in online social networks (OSNs).
Typically, an opinion creator attempts to push his opinion to OSN users to gain the maximum …

This paper investigates the dynamics of communication on social media, related to the
spread of rumours, by studying the impact of micro-level agent interactions within social …

On social media platforms, true and false information compete. Importantly, some messages
travel much further than others, even if they concern the same topic. This fact is not reflected …