Community Size and User Migration: Population Model Based on opinion Dynamics (2207.02133v1)

Abstract: Due to its significance in the recommendation system and community operations, user migration has garnered the interest of cyber-demography experts from numerous disciplines. However, contemporary research frequently overlooks the theory behind related prediction techniques, such as the Hidden Markov model. By combining the two fundamental processes of "opinion evolution" and "individual migration" in this research, the mechanistic explanation of online user migration is established and merged into a composite model. Simultaneously, some fundamental theorems and exploratory conclusions related to our model's consensus and steady population state are established via theoretical proof and numerical simulation.