In the consumer advice network, users with connections can interact with each other, and the network topology will change during the opinion interaction. When the opinion distance from i to j is greater than the confidence threshold, the two consumers cannot exchange opinions, and the link between them will disconnect with probability DE. Then, a link from node i to node k is established with probability CE and node i learning opinion from node k.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.comses.net/codebases/4447f038-0173-4d91-bdf5-e8c3e1032d8b/releases/1.0.0/