Compromise and Synchronization in Opinion Dynamics
Abstract
We discuss two models of opinion dynamics. First wepresent a brief review of the Hegselmann and Krause (HK) compromise model in two dimensions, showing that it is possible to simulate the dynamics in the limit of an infinite number of agents by solving numerically a rate equation for a continuum distribution of opinions. Then, we discuss the Opinion Changing Rate (OCR) model, which allows to study under which conditions a group of agents with a different natural tendency (rate) to change opinion can find the agreement. In the context of the this model, consensus is viewed as a synchronization process.
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@article{arxiv.physics/0510141,
title = {Compromise and Synchronization in Opinion Dynamics},
author = {Alessandro Pluchino and Vito Latora and Andrea Rapisarda},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0510141},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Talk presented at the international conference Next05 Sigma Phi, 13-18 august 2005, Kolymbari, Crete. EPJ B (2006) in press. Typos corrected, refs added