Opinion dynamics with confirmation bias

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Allahverdyan, Armen E ^a   Galstyan, Aram ^b  

^a YEREVAN PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Armenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIRMATION BIAS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION; OPINION DYNAMICS; PHENOMENOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORY; ALGORITHM; COGNITION; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COGNITION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904116667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099557     Document Type: Article

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