Abstract
The study reported in this paper investigates an adaptive temporal-causal
network-model for emotion contagion. The dynamic network principles of emotion contagion and the adaptive principles of homophily and Hebbian learning were used to simulate the change in multiple emotions and social interactions over time. It is shown that the model can be successfully initialised with Twitter data, while parameters were optimised via simulated annealing. Moreover, an exploratory analysis for model validation and applications provided insights in the model's potentials and limitations. The study advances the existing methodology of modelling the social contagion of multiple emotions in a context where also the social network evolves over time.
network-model for emotion contagion. The dynamic network principles of emotion contagion and the adaptive principles of homophily and Hebbian learning were used to simulate the change in multiple emotions and social interactions over time. It is shown that the model can be successfully initialised with Twitter data, while parameters were optimised via simulated annealing. Moreover, an exploratory analysis for model validation and applications provided insights in the model's potentials and limitations. The study advances the existing methodology of modelling the social contagion of multiple emotions in a context where also the social network evolves over time.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Complex Networks & Their Applications VI |
Subtitle of host publication | Proceedings of Complex Networks 2017 (The Sixth International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications) |
Editors | Chantal Cherifi, Hocine Cherifi, Márton Karsai, Mirco Musolesi |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 784-796 |
Number of pages | 13 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319721507 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783319721491, 9783319891491 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2017 |
Publication series
Name | Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI) |
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Publisher | Springer Publishers |
Volume | 689 |