Dynamics of bounded confidence opinion in heterogeneous social networks: Concord against partial antagonism

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 390, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2945-2955

  Kurmyshev, Evguenii ^a,b   Juárez, Héctor A ^b   González Silva, Ricardo A ^b  

^a Loma Del Bosque 115   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bounded confidence; Opinion bifurcation; Opinion dynamics models; Relative agreement; Social networks

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); GRAPH THEORY; SMALL-WORLD NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

BIFURCATION DIAGRAM; BIFURCATION PATTERNS; BOUNDED CONFIDENCES; DIFFERENT PROPORTIONS; INITIAL CONDITIONS; OPINION CONVERGENCES; OPINION DYNAMICS; OPINION FORMATION;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 79956374118     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2011.03.037     Document Type: Article

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