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Analysis of consensus times for non-linear opinion dynamics

Research Project

Project/Area Number 19K20214
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Review Section Basic Section 60010:Theory of informatics-related
Research InstitutionChuo University (2019-2020, 2022)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (2021)

Principal Investigator

Shiraga Takeharu  中央大学, 理工学部, 准教授 (50803996)

Project Period (FY) 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥810,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords分散投票モデル / マルコフ連鎖 / ランダムウォーク / 合流時間 / distributed voting / random graph / Markov chain / 合意問題 / 非線形力学系
Outline of Research at the Start

本研究では2-choices dynamicsと呼ばれるグラフ上のシンプルな確率的モデルの収束時間解析を行う. このモデルは従来モデルの単純な拡張にも関わらず, 特定のグラフ構造上において高速に単一意見への収束がおこるという, 合意問題や多数決, 誤り訂正といった基本的な分散計算に好ましい性質を持つことが示されている一方でその解析は困難であり, 一般のグラフ構造上で分かっていることは少ない. 本研究では一般のグラフ構造上における2-choices dynamicsの威力を明らかにすべく, その収束時間解析を行う.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We study a simple probabilistic model called 2-choices dynamics (2-CHOICES). While the differences between the model and existing models are slight, 2-CHOICES shows rapid convergence to a single opinion on specific graph structures, making it desirable for basic distributed computation. However, little is known about its behaviour on general graph structures.
We showed the existence of a phase transition in convergence time on graphs representing community structures (stochastic block model) and provided an example where exponential time is required for convergence. We also characterised the requirements for opinion update rules that allow fast convergence from a majority voting perspective and presented logarithmic consensus time on expander graphs.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

単純, 局所的なルールに基づくシステムはその理解, 利用のし易さに留まらず, 管理・保全を含めた多くの柔軟性を包含する. 単純性というある意味で“制限された”環境下におけるシステムがどの程度の計算能力を持つかという問いは, 理論的にも所望の問題に対して必要な資源を明確にするという意味で需要が大きい. 本研究で明らかになった2-CHOICESを含めた局所的な更新規則とその威力は既存研究を大きく一般化するものであり, 得られた解析技法は研究対象となったルールに留まらず, ランダムウォークを始めとした他の有用な確率モデルへも適用されつつあり, その意義は大きいと言える.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2022 2021 2019 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (2 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] King's College London(英国)

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Random Walks on Dynamic Graphs2022

    • Author(s)
      来嶋 秀治、清水 伸高、白髪 丈晴
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the Japan Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

      Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Pages: 5-15

    • DOI

      10.11540/bjsiam.32.1_5

    • ISSN
      2432-1982
    • Year and Date
      2022-03-25
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Phase transitions of Best‐of‐two and Best‐of‐three on stochastic block models2021

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Nobutaka、Shiraga Takeharu
    • Journal Title

      Random Structures & Algorithms

      Volume: to appear Issue: 1 Pages: 96-140

    • DOI

      10.1002/rsa.20992

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] How Many Vertices Does a Random Walk Miss in a Network with Moderately Increasing the Number of Vertices?2021

    • Author(s)
      Kijima Shuji、Shimizu Nobutaka、Shiraga Takeharu
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 2021 ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms (SODA 2021)

      Volume: 1 Pages: 106-122

    • DOI

      10.1137/1.9781611976465.8

    • ISBN
      9781611976465
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Quasi-Majority Functional Voting on Expander Graphs2021

    • Author(s)
      Shimizu Nobutaka、Shiraga Takeharu
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of the 47th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages, and Programming (ICALP 2020)

      Volume: 97

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Phase Transitions of Best-of-Two and Best-of-Three on Stochastic Block Models2019

    • Author(s)
      Nobutaka Shimizu and Takeharu Shiraga
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of 33rd International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2019)

      Volume: 146

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Presentation] 頂点が適度に増加するグラフ上におけるランダムウォークの未訪問頂点数2022

    • Author(s)
      白髪丈晴
    • Organizer
      第21回情報科学技術フォーラム(FIT2022)
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Phase Transitions of Best-of-Two and Best-of-Three on Stochastic Block Models2019

    • Author(s)
      Takeharu Shiraga
    • Organizer
      The 33rd International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC 2019)
    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2019-04-18   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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