Changing opinions in a changing world: A new perspective in sociophysics

International Journal of Modern Physics C

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 515-531

  Pluchino, Alessandro ^a   Latora, Vito ^a   Rapisarda, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Opinion dynamics models; Sociophysics; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

EID: 22044442799     PISSN: 01291831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129183105007261     Document Type: Article

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