Digital Deception: The Cognitive and Social Mechanisms of the Spread of Fake News

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Abstract:

This project investigates coupled sensor configuration and planning (CSCP) for autonomous systems, which is a mode of active control of information in context to a decision-making problem. We consider a scenario consisting of a network of mobile vehicles called sensors, and a separate network of mobile vehicles called actors. Sensors gather information about the environment whereas actors perform desired tasks. Specifically, the actors perform tasks encoded in terms of multi-vehicle route-planning problems in a threatening environment. The threat is an unknown spatiotemporally-varying scalar field that is estimated using observations made by sensors.

Author(s):
Lerman, Kristina
Author Organization(s):
University Of Southern California
Funding Organization(s):
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Arlington , VA
Document Type:
Technical Report/Final Report
Publication Date:
2021 Jul 07
Pagination:
9

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution Code:
A - Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement: Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TRECMS
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFRL-AFOSR-VA-TR-2021-0067
Grant Number(s):
FA9550-17-1-0327
Program Element Number(s):
PE61102F
Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
AI and Machine Learning
Communities of Interest:
Sensors
Descriptor(s):
social media, disinformation, information systems, neural networks, public health, scientific research, social networking services, covid-19, information operations, social networks, united states, california, health, human behavior, information science, networks, world wide web
Keyword(s):
CSCP (Coupled sensor configuration and planning)
Subject Categories:
Mathematical and Computer Sciences; Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Creation Date:
2021 Aug 12
Update Date:
2023 Jan 19