Modelling rumors: The no plane Pentagon French hoax case

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 320, Issue , 2003, Pages 571-580

  Galam, Serge ^a  

^a Lab Milieux Desordonnes Heterogenes   (France)

Author keywords

Minority spreading; Reaction diffusion; Rumors

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; PUBLIC RISKS;

PUBLIC DEBATES;

SOCIAL ASPECTS;

EID: 0037445448     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(02)01582-0     Document Type: Article

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