Trust and the value of overconfidence: a Bayesian perspective on social network communication

DOI10.1007/s11229-013-0375-0zbMath1293.91167OpenAlexW2124378745MaRDI QIDQ399878

Erik J. Olsson, Aron Vallinder

Publication date: 20 August 2014

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/2365325

zbMATH Keywords

trustcommunicationreliabilityprobabilitysocial networkBayesianismoverconfidence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social networks; opinion dynamics (91D30)

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