Opinion formation in the kinetic exchange models: Spontaneous symmetry breaking transition
Physics and Society
2015-05-19 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Computational Physics
Abstract
We propose a minimal multi-agent model for the collective dynamics of opinion formation in the society, by modifying kinetic exchange dynamics studied in the context of income, money or wealth distributions in a society. This model has an intriguing spontaneous symmetry breaking transition to polarized opinion state starting from non-polarized opinion state. In order to analyze the model, we introduce an iterative map version of the model, which has very similar statistical characteristics. An approximate theoretical analysis of the numerical results are also given, based on the iterative map version.
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@article{arxiv.1007.1790,
title = {Opinion formation in the kinetic exchange models: Spontaneous symmetry breaking transition},
author = {Mehdi Lallouache and Anindya S. Chakrabarti and Anirban Chakraborti and Bikas K. Chakrabarti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.1790},
year = {2015}
}
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6 pages, 6 figures, REVTeX. Major revisions, analyses and explanations added