Statistical methods applied to the study of opinion formation models: A brief overview and results of a numerical study of a model based on the social impact theory

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Bordogna, Clelia María ^a,b   Albano, Ezequiel V ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; NUMERICAL METHODS; SOCIAL ASPECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FINITE SIZE EFFECTS; MASS MEDIA; SOCIAL IMPACT THEORY; STATISTICAL PHYSICS;

STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

EID: 33947601367     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/6/065144     Document Type: Article

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