Interacting Agents and Continuous Opinions Dynamics

Gérard Weisbuch, Guillaume Deffuant, Frederic Amblard () and Jean-Pierre Nadal ()

Working Papers from Santa Fe Institute

Abstract: We present a model of opinion dynamics in which agents adjust continuous opinions as a result of random binary encoun ters whenever their difference in opinion is below a given threshold. High thresholds yield convergence of opinions towards an average opinion, whereas low thresholds result in several opinion clusters. The model is further generalized to network interactions, threshold heterogeneity, adaptive thresholds and binary strings of opinions.

Keywords: Dynamics; opinions; norms; bounded rationality; economic choices (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-11
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