TY - JOUR
T1 - Dynamics of social balance under temporal interaction
AU - Nishi, Ryosuke
AU - Masuda, Naoki
PY - 2014/8/1
Y1 - 2014/8/1
N2 - Real social contacts are often intermittent such that a link between a pair of nodes in a social network is only temporarily used. The effects of such temporal networks on social dynamics have been investigated for several phenomenological models such as epidemic spreading, linear diffusion processes, and nonlinear oscillations. Here, we numerically investigate nonlinear social balance dynamics in such a situation. Social balance is a classical psychological theory, which dictates that a triad is balanced if the three agents are mutual friends or if the two of them are the friends of each other and hostile to the other agent. We show that the social balance dynamics is slowed down on the temporal complete graph as compared to the corresponding static complete graph.
AB - Real social contacts are often intermittent such that a link between a pair of nodes in a social network is only temporarily used. The effects of such temporal networks on social dynamics have been investigated for several phenomenological models such as epidemic spreading, linear diffusion processes, and nonlinear oscillations. Here, we numerically investigate nonlinear social balance dynamics in such a situation. Social balance is a classical psychological theory, which dictates that a triad is balanced if the three agents are mutual friends or if the two of them are the friends of each other and hostile to the other agent. We show that the social balance dynamics is slowed down on the temporal complete graph as compared to the corresponding static complete graph.
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U2 - 10.1209/0295-5075/107/48003
DO - 10.1209/0295-5075/107/48003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84907320182
VL - 107
JO - Lettere Al Nuovo Cimento
JF - Lettere Al Nuovo Cimento
SN - 0295-5075
IS - 4
M1 - 48003
ER -