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Discretized opinion dynamics of Deffuant on scale-free networks

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

The consensus model of Deffuant et al is simplified by allowing for many discrete instead of infinitely many continuous opinions, on a directed Barabasi-Albert network. A simple scaling law is observed. We then introduce noise and also use a more realistic network and compare the results. Finally, we look at a multi-layer model representing various age levels, and we include advertising effects.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0310243,
  title  = {Discretized opinion dynamics of Deffuant on scale-free networks},
  author = {D. Stauffer and A. O. Sousa and C. Schulze},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0310243},
  year   = {2007}
}

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21 pages including many figures