CSH Talk by Sharwin Rezagholi: “Some data on electoral competition and a toy model”

The lecture by Sharwin Rezagholi from Max Planck Institute will take place at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna in Room 201.

If you are interested in participating, please email to office@csh.ac.at

Abstract:

We employ a novel method for the empirical analysis of political discourse and develop a model that demonstrates dynamics comparable with the empirical data. Applying a set of binary text classifiers based on convolutional neural networks, we label statements in the political programs of the Democratic and the Republican Party in the United States. Extending the framework of the Colonel Blotto game by a stochastic activation structure, we show that, under a simple learning rule, the simulated game exhibits dynamics that resemble the empirical data. (Joint work with Ivan P. Yamshchikov.)