Binary and multivariate stochastic models of consensus formation

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 67-73

  Miguel, Maxi San ^a,b   Eguíluz, Victor M ^c,d   Toral, Raul ^b,d   Klemm, Konstantin ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b Spanish European and American Physical Societies ^*  (United States)

^c Spanish and European Physical Societies ^*  (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f German Physical Society   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; OPINION FORMATION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

RANDOM PROCESSES;

EID: 28244484657     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2005.114     Document Type: Review

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