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Election results and the Sznajd model on Barabasi network

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

The network of Barabasi and Albert, a preferential growth model where a new node is linked to the old ones with a probability proportional to their connectivity, is applied to Brazilian election results. The application of the Sznajd rule, that only agreeing pairs of people can convince their neighbours, gives a vote distribution in good agreement with reality.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0111147,
  title  = {Election results and the Sznajd model on Barabasi network},
  author = {A. T. Bernardes and D. Stauffer and J. Kertesz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0111147},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages including two figures, for Eur. Phys. J. B