In this paper, we study the limit behavior of trajectories of a nonlinear and discontinuous model of opinion dynamics based on the notion of bounded confidence. This model was previously studied in the case where the influence function has the form i(v) = v. It was shown that, under a particular condition on parameters of the system, any its trajectory tends to a fixed point. In this paper, we prove a similar result under weaker conditions on the influence function: it is assumed that i(v) is continuous, nonstrictly increasing, and i(v) = 0 if and only if v = 0.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)617-623
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Dynamical and Control Systems
Volume27
Early online date3 Oct 2020
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021

    Research areas

  • Bounded confidence, Dynamical system, Fixed point, Opinion dynamics

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Algebra and Number Theory
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Control and Optimization

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