Using a mixed opinion dynamics and innovation diffusion model to explore the ‘best game no one played’ phenomenon

Chung-Yuan Huang; Sheng-Wen Wang

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0349217

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Using a mixed opinion dynamics and innovation diffusion model to explore the ‘best game no one played’ phenomenon

Chung-Yuan Huang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-6755

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Sheng-Wen Wang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: swwang@nkust.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Finance and Information, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Using a mixed opinion dynamics and innovation diffusion model to explore the ‘best game no one played’ phenomenon

Chung-Yuan Huang,
Sheng-Wen Wang

Published: May 19, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0349217

About the Authors

Chung-Yuan Huang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan, Republic of China

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8680-6755

Sheng-Wen Wang

* E-mail: swwang@nkust.edu.tw

Affiliation Department of Finance and Information, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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