Compromise and synchronization in opinion dynamics

A. Pluchino (), V. Latora and A. Rapisarda

The European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems, 2006, vol. 50, issue 1, 169-176

Abstract: We discuss two models of opinion dynamics. We first present a brief review of the Hegselmann and Krause (HK) compromise model in two dimensions, showing that it is possible to simulate the dynamics in the limit of an infinite number of agents by solving numerically a rate equation for a continuum distribution of opinions. Then, we discuss the Opinion Changing Rate (OCR) model, which allows to study under which conditions a group of agents with a different natural tendency (rate) to change opinion can find the agreement. In the context of the this model, consensus is viewed as a synchronization process. Copyright EDP Sciences/Società Italiana di Fisica/Springer-Verlag 2006

Keywords: 89.65.-s Social and economic systems, 05.10.Ln Monte Carlo methods, 05.45.Xt Synchronization; coupled oscillators , (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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