Table 2 SOAM system level variables and values.
From: Opinion amplification causes extreme polarization in social networks
Variable | Definition | Value range |
|---|---|---|
\(t\) | Timesteps | [0, ∞] |
\(n\) | Number of nodes | [0, ∞] |
\(k\) | Average links per node | [0, n] |
\(\varepsilon\) | Confidence threshold | [0, 1] |
\(\pi\) | Proportion of the population who are amplifiers | [0, 1] |
\(p\) | Probability of amplifiers amplifying opinions | [0, 1] |
\(s\) | Strength of amplification | [0, 1] |
