Modelling collective opinion formation by means of active Brownian particles

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 723-732

  Schweitzer, F ^a,c   Holyst J A ^b,c  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

05.40. a Fluctuation phenomena, random processes, noise, and Brownian motion; 05.65.+bSelf organized systems; 87.23.Ge Dynamics of social systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003136460     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100510051177     Document Type: Article

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