Phase transitions as a persistent feature of groups with leaders in models of opinion formation

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 287, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 631-643

  Kacperski, Krzysztof ^a,b   Holyst, Janusz A ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

OPINION FORMATION; SOCIAL IMPACT MODEL;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0034507580     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(00)00398-8     Document Type: Article

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