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Influence of trust in the spreading of information

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    Identifier: imarina:9282639
    Authors:
    Wu, HongrunArenas, AlexGomez, Sergio
    Abstract:
    The understanding and prediction of information diffusion processes on networks is a major challenge in network theory with many implications in social sciences. Many theoretical advances occurred due to stochastic spreading models. Nevertheless, these stochastic models overlooked the influence of rational decisions on the outcome of the process. For instance, different levels of trust in acquaintances do play a role in information spreading, and actors may change their spreading decisions during the information diffusion process accordingly. Here, we study an information-spreading model in which the decision to transmit or not is based on trust. We explore the interplay between the propagation of information and the trust dynamics happening on a two-layer multiplex network. Actors' trustable or untrustable states are defined as accumulated cooperation or defection behaviors, respectively, in a Prisoner's Dilemma setup, and they are controlled by a memory span. The propagation of information is abstracted as a threshold model on the information-spreading layer, where the threshold depends on the trustability of agents. The analysis of the model is performed using a tree approximation and validated on homogeneous and heterogeneous networks. The results show that the memory of previous actions has a significant effect on the spreading of information. For example, the less memory that is considered, the higher is the diffusion. Information is highly promoted by the emergence of trustable acquaintances. These results provide insight into the effect of plausible biases on spreading dynamics in a multilevel networked system. © 2017 American Physical Society.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Wu, Hongrun; Arenas, Alex; Gomez, Sergio
    Department: Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques
    URV's Author/s: Arenas Moreno, Alejandro / Gómez Jiménez, Sergio
    Keywords: Trust Trees (mathematics) Tree approximation Threshold model Stochastic systems Stochastic models Spreading dynamics Prisoner's dilemma Prisoner dilemma Networked systems Network layers Multiplex networks Memory Information theory Information spreading Information diffusion process Human Heterogeneous networks Diffusion Behavioral research Article
    Abstract: The understanding and prediction of information diffusion processes on networks is a major challenge in network theory with many implications in social sciences. Many theoretical advances occurred due to stochastic spreading models. Nevertheless, these stochastic models overlooked the influence of rational decisions on the outcome of the process. For instance, different levels of trust in acquaintances do play a role in information spreading, and actors may change their spreading decisions during the information diffusion process accordingly. Here, we study an information-spreading model in which the decision to transmit or not is based on trust. We explore the interplay between the propagation of information and the trust dynamics happening on a two-layer multiplex network. Actors' trustable or untrustable states are defined as accumulated cooperation or defection behaviors, respectively, in a Prisoner's Dilemma setup, and they are controlled by a memory span. The propagation of information is abstracted as a threshold model on the information-spreading layer, where the threshold depends on the trustability of agents. The analysis of the model is performed using a tree approximation and validated on homogeneous and heterogeneous networks. The results show that the memory of previous actions has a significant effect on the spreading of information. For example, the less memory that is considered, the higher is the diffusion. Information is highly promoted by the emergence of trustable acquaintances. These results provide insight into the effect of plausible biases on spreading dynamics in a multilevel networked system. © 2017 American Physical Society.
    Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Statistics and probability Statistical and nonlinear physics Saúde coletiva Química Physics, mathematical Physics, fluids & plasmas Odontología Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Geociências General medicine Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Educação física Educação Economia Condensed matter physics Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    Author's mail: sergio.gomez@urv.cat alexandre.arenas@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0003-1820-0062 0000-0003-0937-0334
    Record's date: 2024-09-28
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://journals.aps.org/pre/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevE.95.012301
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Papper original source: Physical Review e. 95 (1): 012301-
    APA: Wu, Hongrun; Arenas, Alex; Gomez, Sergio (2017). Influence of trust in the spreading of information. Physical Review e, 95(1), 012301-. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.012301
    Article's DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.012301
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2017
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Condensed Matter Physics,Physics, Fluids & Plasmas,Physics, Mathematical,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics,Statistics and Probability
    Trust
    Trees (mathematics)
    Tree approximation
    Threshold model
    Stochastic systems
    Stochastic models
    Spreading dynamics
    Prisoner's dilemma
    Prisoner dilemma
    Networked systems
    Network layers
    Multiplex networks
    Memory
    Information theory
    Information spreading
    Information diffusion process
    Human
    Heterogeneous networks
    Diffusion
    Behavioral research
    Article
    Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros
    Statistics and probability
    Statistical and nonlinear physics
    Saúde coletiva
    Química
    Physics, mathematical
    Physics, fluids & plasmas
    Odontología
    Medicina ii
    Medicina i
    Materiais
    Matemática / probabilidade e estatística
    Interdisciplinar
    Geociências
    General medicine
    Farmacia
    Engenharias iv
    Engenharias iii
    Engenharias ii
    Educação física
    Educação
    Economia
    Condensed matter physics
    Ciências biológicas ii
    Ciências biológicas i
    Ciências ambientais
    Ciências agrárias i
    Ciência da computação
    Biotecnología
    Biodiversidade
    Astronomia / física
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