Unanimous opinions in social influence networks

Journal of Mathematical Sociology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 285-297

  Kobayashi, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; Maximin; Opinion formation; Social influence; Social networks; Unanimous opinions; Utilitarian

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035649576     PISSN: 0022250X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2001.9990255     Document Type: Article

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