A stabilization theorem for dynamics of continuous opinions

Jan Lorenz ()

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2005, vol. 355, issue 1, 217-223

Abstract: A stabilization theorem for processes of opinion dynamics is presented. The theorem is applicable to a wide class of models of continuous opinion dynamics based on averaging (like the models of Hegselmann–Krause and Weisbuch–Deffuant). The analysis detects self-confidence as a driving force of stabilization.

Keywords: Continuous opinion dynamics; Non-negative matrices; Repeated averaging; Positive diagonal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.02.086

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