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Health & Science3h 29m ago
A new conformity model, developed by Kaleda Denton and colleagues, was tested against real-world data and proved to be superior to the traditional French-Harary-DeGroot model.
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Kaleda Denton, Marcus Feldman, Jonathan F. Johannemann
What
A new conformity model, developed by Kaleda Denton and colleagues, was tested against real-world data and proved to be superior to the traditional French-Harary-DeGroot model.
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Mon, 15 Jun 2026 19:14:00 GMT · 3h 29m ago
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Why
The new model provides a better fit to data by accounting for both personal beliefs and social information, and by de-emphasizing outliers, offering improved theoretical predictions.
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This improved conformity model could lead to new theoretical insights in fields like information diffusion, emergency decision-making, and consensus formation by revisiting conclusions previously based on the DeGroot model. It also highlights the central role of conformity in studies of cultural change.
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