Influence, inertia, and independence: a diffusion model for temporal social networks (Q6577561)

The paper presents a diffusion model for temporal social networks focusing on influence, inertia and independence. It proposes an opinion model generalizing the Friedkin-Johnsen model considering stubborn actors. The generalization comes from the inertia regarding the current influence relationships. It is shown that the generalization reduces to an over-parametrization at equilibrium on a static influence structure. This implies that under a static influence network, for almost every instance of the Friedkin-Johnsen model, there is a corresponding instance of the new model having the same limit. The proposed model expands the set of social influence models.