Evolution of Opinions on Social Networks in the Presence of Competing Committed Groups | Papers | Scoop.it
From www.plosone.org - March 21, 2012 11:28 AM

Public opinion is often affected by the presence of committed groups of individuals dedicated to competing points of view. Using a model of pairwise social influence, we study how the presence of such groups within social networks affects the outcome and the speed of evolution of the overall opinion on the network.