Title :
Convergence and consensus analysis of multi-choice Deffuant-Weisbuch models
Author :
Zhang, Jiangbo ; Hong, Yiguang
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Syst. & Control, Acad. of Math. & Syst. Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, we consider the convergence of generalized Deffuant-Weisbuch (DW) model. The generalized models result from the extension based on two multi-choice policies. The convergence for the multi-choice protocols are investigated with the help of stochastic analysis. The analysis is given to make all the opinion agents converge to their own opinion points for the first model. Moreover, the consensus can be achieved almost surely under mild assumptions for the second model.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; convergence; multi-agent systems; stochastic processes; consensus analysis; convergence analysis; multichoice Deffuant-Weisbuch models; multichoice policies; multichoice protocols; opinion agent convergence; stochastic analysis; Topology; consensus; convergence; multi-choice model; opinion dynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2012 10th World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1397-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2012.6359144
