The impact of competing zealots on opinion dynamics

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 395, Issue , 2014, Pages 310-331

  Verma, Gunjan ^a   Swami, Ananthram ^a   Chan, Kevin ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Naming game; Opinion dynamics; Zealotry

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; FINITE POPULATION; GAME MODELS; NAMING GAME; OPINION DYNAMICS; SIMULATION ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE SOLUTION; ZEALOTRY;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

EID: 84889887154     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2013.09.045     Document Type: Article

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