PHASE TRANSITIONS IN A MODEL FOR SOCIAL LEARNING VIA THE INTERNET

Clelia M. Bordogna and Ezequiel V. Albano ()
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Clelia M. Bordogna: Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany;
Ezequiel V. Albano: Institut fuer Physik, Universitaet Mainz, D-55099 Mainz, Germany;

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2001, vol. 12, issue 08, 1241-1250

Abstract: Based on the concepts of educational psychology, sociology and statistical physics, a mathematical model for a new type of social learning process that takes place when individuals interact via the Internet is proposed and studied. The noise of the interaction (misunderstandings, lack of well organized participative activities, etc.) dramatically restricts the number of individuals that can be efficiently in mutual contact and drives phase transitions between "ordered states" such as the achievements of the individuals are satisfactory and "disordered states" with negligible achievements.

Keywords: Modeling Social Processes; Statistical Physics; Phase Transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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