Opinion dynamics and synchronization in a network of scientific collaborations

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 372, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 316-325

  Pluchino, Alessandro ^a   Boccaletti, Stefano ^b   Latora, Vito ^a   Rapisarda, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO DEI SISTEMI COMPLESSI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Networks; Opinion dynamics; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL SCIENCES COMPUTING; SYNCHRONIZATION;

OPINION CHANGING RATE (OCR) MODEL; OPINION DYNAMICS; SCIENTIFIC PAPERS; SOCIAL SYSTEMS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 33750063656     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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