An evolutionary game theory model of binary opinion formation

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 389, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1745-1752

  Ding, Fei ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Shen, Bo ^a   Si, Xia Meng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cooperative game; Game theory; Minority game; Opinion formation

Indexed keywords

PHYSICS;

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS; COOPERATIVE GAME; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; EVOLUTIONARY GAME THEORY; GAME THEORY MODELS; INTERACTION RULES; MINORITY GAME; OPINION FORMATION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 74849094609     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.12.028     Document Type: Article

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