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Indirect influence manipulation with partially observable networks

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Archbold, James and Griffiths, Nathan (2018) Indirect influence manipulation with partially observable networks. In: The 19th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, 14-15 Jul 2018. Published in: Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX : 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, July 14, 2018, Revised Selected Papers pp. 1-12. ISBN 9783030222697. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3

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Abstract

The propagation of concepts through a population of agents can be modelled as a cascade of influence spread from an initial set of individuals. In real-world environments there may be many concepts spreading and interacting, and we may not be able to directly control the target concept we wish to manipulate, requiring indirect manipulation through a secondary controllable concept. Previous work on influence spread typically assumes that we have full knowledge of a network, which may not be the case. In this paper, we investigate indirect influence manipulation when we can only observe a sample of the full network. We propose a heuristic, known as Target Degree, for selecting seed nodes for a secondary controllable concept that uses the limited information available in a partially observable environment to indirectly manipulate the target concept. Target degree is shown to be effective in synthetic small-world networks and in real-world networks when the controllable concept is introduced after the target concept.

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HM Sociology
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Heuristic algorithms, Social networks -- Mathematical models
Series Name: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Journal or Publication Title: Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XIX : 19th International Workshop, MABS 2018, Stockholm, Sweden, July 14, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783030222697
Editor: Davidsson, Paul and Verhagen, Harko
Official Date: 14 July 2018
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14 July 2018Available
17 May 2016Accepted
Page Range: pp. 1-12
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22270-3
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: The 19th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2018)
Type of Event: Conference
Location of Event: Stockholm, Sweden
Date(s) of Event: 14-15 Jul 2018
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