Likelihood-based methods improve parameter estimation in opinion dynamics models

J Lenti, C Monti, G De Francisci Morales - Proceedings of the 17th ACM …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
We show that a maximum likelihood approach for parameter estimation in agent-based
models (ABMs) of opinion dynamics outperforms the typical simulation-based approach …

Binary opinion dynamics on signed networks based on Ising model

L Li, Y Fan, A Zeng, Z Di - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2019 - Elsevier
The evolution dynamics of public opinion is a hot issue in complex networks research. And
the Ising model is the earliest classic dynamic model of public opinion. Although signed …

Optimizing transportation dynamics at a city-scale using a reinforcement learning framework

L Khaidem, M Luca, F Yang, A Anand, B Lepri… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Urban planners, authorities, and numerous additional players have to deal with challenges
related to the rapid urbanization process and its effect on human mobility and transport …

PocketCare: Tracking the flu with mobile phones using partial observations of proximity and symptoms

W Dong, T Guan, B Lepri, C Qiao - … of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Mobile phones provide a powerful sensing platform that researchers may adopt to
understand proximity interactions among people and the diffusion, through these …

Optimal control of complex systems through variational inference with a discrete event decision process

W Dong, B Liu, F Yang - arXiv preprint arXiv:1905.02606, 2019 - arxiv.org
Complex social systems are composed of interconnected individuals whose interactions
result in group behaviors. Optimal control of a real-world complex system has many …

Predicting and optimizing city-scale road traffic dynamics using trajectories of individual vehicles

F Yang, A Vereshchaka, W Dong - 2018 IEEE International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things and mobile crowdsensing provide an unprecedented opportunity to collect
big data that continuously track the dynamics of large populations. One very important …

Expectation propagation with stochastic kinetic model in complex interaction systems

L Fang, F Yang, W Dong, T Guan… - Advances in neural …, 2017 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Technological breakthroughs allow us to collect data with increasing spatio-temporal
resolution from complex interaction systems. The combination of high-resolution …

Optimizing city-scale traffic through modeling observations of vehicle movements

F Yang, A Vereshchaka, B Lepri… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The capability of traffic-information systems to sense the movement of millions of users and
offer trip plans through mobile phones has enabled a new way of optimizing city traffic …

[PDF][PDF] Optimal control in partially observable complex social systems

F Yang, B Lepri, W Dong - … of the 19th International Conference on …, 2020 - ifaamas.org
We live in a world full of complex social systems. Achieving optimal control in a complex
social system is challenging due to the difficulty in modeling and optimization. To capture the …

The Dynamics of Two-State Public Opinion Propagation On Signed Networks

Y Gao, Y Fan, Z Di - Journal of Systems Science and Complexity, 2021 - Springer
The formation of public opinion on the network is a hot issue in the field of complex network
research, and some classical dynamic models are used to solve this problem. The signed …