Opinion formation in laggard societies
(2008) Europhysics Letters : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics — Vol. 82, n° 2 (2008)
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- We introduce a statistical-physics model for opinion dynamics on random networks where agents adopt the opinion held by the majority of their direct neighbors only if the fraction of these neighbors exceeds a certain threshold, p(u). We find a transition from total final consensus to a mixed phase where opinions coexist amongst the agents. The relevant parameters are the relative sizes in the initial opinion distribution within the population and the connectivity of the underlying network. As the order parameter we de. ne the asymptotic state of opinions. In the phase diagram we find regions of total consensus and a mixed phase. As the "laggard parameter" pu increases the regions of consensus shrink. In addition we introduce rewiring of the underlying network during the opinion formation process and discuss the resulting consequences in the phase diagram. Copyright (c) EPLA, 2008.
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Klimek, P., Lambiotte, R., & Thurner, S. (2008). Opinion formation in laggard societies. Europhysics Letters : a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics, 82(2). https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/82/28008 (Original work published 2008)