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Stiffness Analysis to Predict the Spread Out of Fake Information

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  • Raffaele D’Ambrosio

    (Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science and Mathematics, University of L’Aquila, 67100 L’Aquila, Italy)

  • Giuseppe Giordano

    (Department of Mathematics, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy)

  • Serena Mottola

    (Department of Economic and Legal Studies, University “Parthenope” of Naples, 80133 Naples, Italy)

  • Beatrice Paternoster

    (Department of Mathematics, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy)

Abstract

This work highlights how the stiffness index, which is often used as a measure of stiffness for differential problems, can be employed to model the spread of fake news. In particular, we show that the higher the stiffness index is, the more rapid the transit of fake news in a given population. The illustration of our idea is presented through the stiffness analysis of the classical SIR model, commonly used to model the spread of epidemics in a given population. Numerical experiments, performed on real data, support the effectiveness of the approach.

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  • Raffaele D’Ambrosio & Giuseppe Giordano & Serena Mottola & Beatrice Paternoster, 2021. "Stiffness Analysis to Predict the Spread Out of Fake Information," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-10, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:13:y:2021:i:9:p:222-:d:624183
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