Polarization and belief dynamics in the Black and White communities: An agent-based network model from the data

Artificial Life 13: Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, ALIFE 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 186-193

  Grim, Patrick ^a,c   Thomas, Stephen B ^b   Fisher, Steven ^c   Reade, Christopher ^c   Singer, Daniel J ^c   Garza, Mary A ^b   Fryer, Craig S ^b   Chatman, Jamie ^d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICES; SURVEYS;

CONSTRUCT MODELS; DYNAMIC AGENTS; DYNAMIC PATTERNS; ETHNIC COMMUNITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; INFORMATION NETWORKS; NETWORK MODELING; SOCIAL REINFORCEMENT;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84874681283     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7551/978-0-262-31050-5-ch026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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