The bounded confidence model of opinion dynamics

Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Gómez Serrano, Javier ^a   Graham, Carl ^b   Le Boudec, Jean Yves ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b CENTRE DE MATHÉMATIQUES APPLIQUÉES   (France)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Kinetic equation; Mean field limit; Nonlinear integro differential equation; Numerical experiments; Opinion; Propagation of chaos; Reputation; Social networks

Indexed keywords

KINETIC EQUATIONS; MEAN-FIELD; NON-LINEAR INTEGRO-DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OPINION; REPUTATION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84856608925     PISSN: 02182025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218202511500072     Document Type: Article

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