School of Mathematical Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
QUT Centre for Data Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
PLoS One. 2022 Oct 6;17(10):e0275473. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275473. eCollection 2022.
A model needs to make verifiable predictions to have any scientific value. In opinion dynamics, the study of how individuals exchange opinions with one another, there are many theoretical models which attempt to model opinion exchange, one of which is the Martins model, which differs from other models by using a parameter that is easier to control for in an experiment. In this paper, we have designed an experiment to verify the Martins model and contribute to the experimental design in opinion dynamic with our novel method.
模型需要做出可验证的预测才有任何科学价值。在意见动态学中,研究个体之间如何相互交流意见,有许多理论模型试图对意见交换进行建模,其中一个是 Martins 模型,它通过使用在实验中更容易控制的参数来区别于其他模型。在本文中,我们设计了一个实验来验证 Martins 模型,并通过我们的新方法为意见动态学的实验设计做出贡献。