Optimizing leader influence in networks through selection of direct followers

VS Mai, EH Abed - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the problem of a leader that seeks to optimally influence the opinions
of agents in a directed network through connecting with a limited number of the agents …

Maintaining ferment

M Goyal, D Chatterjee… - 2019 IEEE 58th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider maintaining the control of opinions over a social network with the objective of
kee** the real valued, scalar opinion of every agent above a predetermined ferment level …

Opinion control competition in a social network

M Goyal, D Manjunath - 2020 International Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An SI 1 SI 2 S model represents the opinion dynamics for two opposing opinions over a
social network. Two controllers with budget constraints, each representing one of the two …

Opinion sha** in social networks using reinforcement learning

VS Borkar, A Reiffers-Masson - IEEE Transactions on Control of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider a variant of the classical DeGroot model of opinion propagation
with random interactions, in which a prescribed subset of agents is amenable to a control …

Optimal k-centers of a graph: a control-theoretic approach

K Shahbaz, MN Belur, C Bhawal, D Pal - ar**
V Nadkarni, D Manjunath, S Moharir - arxiv preprint arxiv:2403.00036, 2024 - arxiv.org
We consider a non stationary multi-armed bandit in which the population preferences are
positively and negatively reinforced by the observed rewards. The objective of the algorithm …

Modification of social dominance in social networks by selective adjustment of interpersonal weights

M Ye, J Liu, BDO Anderson, C Yu… - 2017 IEEE 56th Annual …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
According to the DeGroot-Friedkin model of a social network, an individual's social power
evolves as the network discusses individual opinions over a sequence of issues. Under mild …

Filters for Social Media Timelines: Models, Biases, Fairness and Implications

EM Hargreaves, DS Menasché - Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de …, 2020 - sol.sbc.org.br
Social media have a significant impact, on the lifestyle, behaviour and opinion of billions of
users. To handle the flow of information between its members, social media developed …

[PDF][PDF] Maintaining Ferment: On Opinion Control Over Social Networks

M Goyala, N Karamchandanib, D Chatterjeec… - academia.edu
We consider the design of external inputs to achieve a control objective on the opinions,
represented by scalars, in a social network. The opinion dynamics follow a variant of the …

Consensus, prediction and optimization in directed networks

VS Mai - 2017 - search.proquest.com
This dissertation develops theory and algorithms for distributed consensus in multi-agent
networks. The models considered are opinion dynamics models based on the well known …