Research Article

Modeling and Simulation of Polarization in Internet Group Opinions Based on Cellular Automata

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When , , , and , external intervention influences the polarization of Internet group opinions. (a) Opinions distribution at 100 time steps; the opinion of opinion leader is −0.6 now. (b) Opinions distribution at 1000 time steps; the opinion of opinion leader changes to 1.
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