PERCOLATION AND GALAM THEORY OF MINORITY OPINION SPREADING

Dietrich Stauffer
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Dietrich Stauffer: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Cologne University, D-50923 Köln, Euroland, Europe

International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), 2002, vol. 13, issue 07, 975-977

Abstract: The way in which an opinion rejecting reform can finally become the consensus of everyone was studied by Galam (2002) in a probabilistic model. We now replace his clusters by those formed via random percolation by letting particles diffuse on a lattice. Galam's rejection of reform is reproduced below the percolation threshold, whereas at and above the threshold, approval of a reform also becomes possible.

Keywords: Monte Carlo; fixed point; cluster; majority rule; ddimensions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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