Opinion Dynamics with Disagreement and Modulated Information

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 218-237

  Sîrbu, Alina ^a   Loreto, Vittorio ^a,b   Servedio, Vito D P ^b   Tria, Francesca ^a  

^a ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disagreement; External information; Interaction; Numerical simulations; Opinion dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875577264     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0724-x     Document Type: Article

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