Opinion formation by informed agents

JASSS

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Afshar, Mohammad ^a   Asadpour, Masoud ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Bounded confidence; Informed agents; Innovation diffusion; Opinion dynamics; Opinion formation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 78449288537     PISSN: 14607425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18564/jasss.1665     Document Type: Article

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