Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Social Network DeGroot Model: Consensus and convergence speed -- Chapter 3 …. Consensus reaching through adding minimum interactions -- Chapter 4. Strategic Manipulations with trust relationships -- Chapter … reach a stable state (consensus, polarization, or fragmentation); and (ii) the convergence rate to reach a stable state …

We provide an overview of recent research on belief and opinion dynamics in social networks. We discuss both Bayesian … individuals are situated on three key questions: (1) whether social learning will lead to consensus, i.e., to agreement among …