Opinion formation model with strong leader and external impact: A mean field approach

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 511-526

  Kacperski, Krzysztof ^a,b   Hol Yst, Janusz A ^a,b,c  

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

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c Univ Bial Ystok   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATA THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

MEAN FIELD APPROXIMATION; MULTISTABILITY; OPINION FORMATION MODEL; SOCIAL IMPACT MODEL;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 0344286070     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00174-0     Document Type: Article

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