Anticonformity or Independence?-Insights from Statistical Physics

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 174-202

  Nyczka, Piotr ^a   Sznajd Weron, Katarzyna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Agent based modeling; Opinion dynamics; Phase transitions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875633825     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-013-0701-4     Document Type: Article

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