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Who’s Talking First? Consensus or Lack Thereof in Coevolving Opinion Formation Models

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: We investigate different opinion formation models on adaptive network topologies. Depending on the dynamical process, rewiring can either (i) lead to the elimination of interactions between agents in different states, and accelerate the convergence to a consensus state or break the network in noninteracting groups or (ii), counterintuitively, favor the existence of diverse interacting groups for exponentially long times. The mean-field analysis allows us to elucidate the mechanisms at play. Strikingly, allowing the interacting agents to bear more than one opinion at the same time drastically changes the model's behavior and leads to fast consensus.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.100.158701

Authors: Cecilia Nardini, Balázs Kozma, Alain Barrat

Institutions: Université Paris-Sud, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Padua, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d’Orsay, Institute for Scientific Interchange

Language: English

Topic: Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence

Subfield: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2087622110

FWCI: 8.32

Cites: 26

Cited by: 175

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