Phase transitions in a model for social learning via the internet

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1241-1250

  Bordogna, Clelia M ^a,b,c   Albano, Ezequiel V ^a,b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Modeling Social Processes; Phase Transitions; Statistical Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035733444     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183101002498     Document Type: Article

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