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Entropy-growth-based model of emotionally charged online dialogues |
Julian M. Sienkiewicz 1, Marcin Skowron 2, Georgios Paltoglou 3, Janusz A. Hołyst 1 |
1. Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Physics, Koszykowa 75, Warszawa 00-662, Poland |
Abstract |
We analyze emotionally annotated massive data from IRC (Internet Relay Chat) and model the dialogues between its participants by assuming that the driving force for the discussion is the entropy growth of emotional probability distribution. This process is claimed to be responsible for a power-law distribution of the discussion lengths observed in the dialogues. We perform numerical simulations based on the noticed phenomenon obtaining a good agreement with the real data. Finally, we propose a method to artificially prolong the duration of the discussion that relies on inserting into dialogues appropriate comments when the entropy of emotional probability distribution reaches the critical threshold. |
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Presentation: Oral at 6 Ogólnopolskie Sympozjum "Fizyka w Ekonomii i Naukach Społecznych", by Janusz A. HołystSee On-line Journal of 6 Ogólnopolskie Sympozjum "Fizyka w Ekonomii i Naukach Społecznych" Submitted: 2012-01-22 20:15 Revised: 2012-01-22 20:15 |