Model of information diffusion

TL;DR

This paper models information diffusion using cellular automata, showing that news spread follows a bell-shaped pattern consistent with real data flows and classical models like exponential and logistic functions.

Contribution

It introduces a cellular automata-based model for news dissemination that aligns with observed data flow behaviors and classical diffusion models.

Findings

News diffusion follows a bell-shaped curve.

The model aligns with exponential and logistic diffusion models.

It reflects real-world data flow behaviors.

Abstract

The system of cellular automata, which expresses the process of dissemination and publication of the news among separate information resources, has been described. A bell-shaped dependence of news diffusion on internet-sources (web-sites) coheres well with a real behavior of thematic data flows, and at local time spans - with noted models, e.g., exponential and logistic ones.