Phase transition in the Sznajd model with independence
Physics and Society
2015-05-28 v1 Social and Information Networks
Abstract
We propose a model of opinion dynamics which describes two major types of social influence -- conformity and independence. Conformity in our model is described by the so called outflow dynamics (known as Sznajd model). According to sociologists' suggestions, we introduce also a second type of social influence, known in social psychology as independence. Various social experiments have shown that the level of conformity depends on the society. We introduce this level as a parameter of the model and show that there is a continuous phase transition between conformity and independence.
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@article{arxiv.1106.0934,
title = {Phase transition in the Sznajd model with independence},
author = {K. Sznajd-Weron and M. Tabiszewski and A. M. Timpanaro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.0934},
year = {2015}
}