Hybrid rumor debunking in online social networks : a differential game approach

Gan, Chenquan (avtor), Yang, Wei (avtor), Zhu, Qingyi (avtor), Li, Meng (avtor), Jain, Deepak Kumar (avtor), Štruc, Vitomir (avtor), Huang, Da-Wen (avtor)

Online social networks (OSNs) facilitate the rapid and extensive spreading of rumors. While most existing methods for debunking rumors consider a solitary debunker, they overlook that rumor-mongering and debunking are interdependent and confrontational behaviors. In reality, a debunker must consider the impact of rumor-mongering behavior when making decisions. Moreover, a single rumor-debunking strategy is ineffective in addressing the complexity of the rumor environment in networks. Therefore, this article proposes a hybrid rumor-debunking approach that combines truth dissemination and regulatory measures based on the differential game theory under adversarial behaviors of rumor-mongering and debunking. Toward this end, we first establish a rumor propagation model using node-based modeling techniques that can be applied to any network structure. Next, we mathematically describe and analyze the processes of rumor-mongering and debunking. Finally, we validate the theoretical results of the proposed method through various comparative experiments, including comparisons with a random strategy, a uniform strategy, and single strategy models on real-world datasets collected from Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Furthermore, we harness two actual rumor events to estimate parameters and predict rumor propagation, thereby affirming the veracity and effectiveness of our rumor propagation model.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: systems theory, modelling, social networks, rumor spreading
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FE - Fakulteta za elektrotehniko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 2513-2527
• Številčenje: Vol. 55, no. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-168065
• UDK: 004.7:316.472.4-027.44
• ISSN pri članku: 2168-2232
• DOI: 10.1109/TSMC.2025.3526734
• COBISS.SI-ID: 229616643
• Datum objave v RUL: 27.03.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: IEEE transactions on systems, man, and cybernetics : Systems
• Skrajšan naslov: IEEE trans. syst. man cybern., Syst.
• Založnik: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• ISSN: 2168-2232
• COBISS.SI-ID: 19677462

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: teorija sistemov, modeliranje, socialna omrežja, širjenje govoric