BETTER BEING THIRD THAN SECOND IN A SEARCH FOR A MAJORITY OPINION

Dietrich Stauffer ()
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Dietrich Stauffer: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Cologne University, D-50923 Köln, Germany

Advances in Complex Systems (ACS), 2002, vol. 05, issue 01, 97-100

Abstract: Monte Carlo simulations of a Sznajd model show that if a near-consensus is formed out of four initially equally widespread opinions, the one which at intermediate times is second in the number of adherents usually loses out against the third-placed opinion.

Keywords: Sznajd model; Monte Carlo simulation; diffusion; opinion dynamics; sociophysics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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