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A stabilization theorem for processes of opinion dynamics is presented. The theorem is applicable to a wide class of models of continuous opinion dynamics based on averaging (like the models of Hegselmann-Krause and Weisbuch-Deffuant). The…

Physics and Society · Physics 2007-08-23 Jan Lorenz

We study the computational complexity of candidate control in elections with few voters, that is, we consider the parameterized complexity of candidate control in elections with respect to the number of voters as a parameter. We consider…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Jiehua Chen , Piotr Faliszewski , Rolf Niedermeier , Nimrod Talmon

Accurate modeling of opinion dynamics has the potential to help us understand polarization and what makes effective political discourse possible or impossible. Here, we use physics-based methods to model the evolution of political opinions…

Physics and Society · Physics 2020-10-07 David Sabin-Miller , Daniel M. Abrams

We study three interacting dark energy models within the framework of four-dimensional General Relativity and a spatially flat Universe. In particular, we first consider two vacuum models where dark energy interacts with dark matter, while…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-22 Grigoris Panotopoulos , Angel Rincon , Nelson Videla , Giovanni Otalora

Analytical approaches in models of opinion formation have been extensively studied either for an opinion represented as a discrete or a continuous variable. In this paper, we analyze a model which combines both approaches. The state of an…

Physics and Society · Physics 2023-02-01 Lucía Pedraza , Juan Pablo Pinasco , Viktoriya Semeshenko , Pablo Balenzuela

We study an active random walker model in which a particle's motion is determined by a self-generated field. The field encodes information about the particle's path history. This leads to either self-attractive or self-repelling behavior.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 R. Grima

In this paper, we derive a kinetic description of swarming particle dynamics in an interacting multi-agent system featuring emerging leaders and followers. Agents are classically characterized by their position and velocity plus a…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-30 Emiliano Cristiani , Nadia Loy , Marta Menci , Andrea Tosin

We introduce the threshold $q$-voter opinion dynamics where an agent, facing a binary choice, can change its mind when at least $q_0$ amongst $q$ neighbors share the opposite opinion. Otherwise, the agent can still change its mind with a…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-07-11 Allan R. Vieira , Celia Anteneodo

Prisoner's dilemma game is the most commonly used model of spatial evolutionary game which is considered as a paradigm to portray competition among selfish individuals. In recent years, Win-Stay-Lose-Learn, a strategy updating rule base on…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-01-27 Zhenyu Shi , Wei Wei , Xiangnan Feng , Xing Li , Zhiming Zheng

One key issue in the probability density function (PDF) approach for disperse two-phase turbulent flows is to close the diffusion term in the phase space. This study aimed to derive a kinetic equation for particle dispersion in turbulent…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-15 De-yu Zhong , Guang-qian Wang , Tie-jian Li , Ming-xi Zhang , You Xia

The cognitive process of opinion formation is often characterized by stubbornness or resistance of agents to changes of opinion. To capture such a feature we introduce a constant latency time in the standard voter model of opinion dynamics:…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-08-27 Giovanni Palermo , Anna Mancini , Antonio Desiderio , Riccardo Di Clemente , Giulio Cimini

In voting contexts, some new candidates may show up in the course of the process. In this case, we may want to determine which of the initial candidates are possible winners, given that a fixed number $k$ of new candidates will be added. We…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2015-02-17 Yann Chevaleyre , Jérôme Lang , Nicolas Maudet , Jérôme Monnot , Lirong Xia

Organisms and ecological groups accumulate evidence to make decisions. Classic experiments and theoretical studies have explored this process when the correct choice is fixed during each trial. However, we live in a constantly changing…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2015-10-01 Alan Veliz-Cuba , Zachary P. Kilpatrick , Kresimir Josic

We consider a two-round election model involving $m$ voters and $n$ candidates. Each voter is endowed with a strict preference list ranking the candidates. In the first round, the candidates are partitioned into two subsets, $A$ and $B$,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Emilio De Santis , Antonio Di Crescenzo , Verdiana Mustaro

We consider a spatial voting model where both candidates and voters are positioned in the $d$-dimensional Euclidean space, and each voter ranks candidates based on their proximity to the voter's ideal point. We focus on the scenario where…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Hadas Shachnai , Rotem Shavitt , Andreas Wiese

We study the dynamics of an infinite system of point particles of two types. They perform random jumps in $\mathbf{R}^d$ in the course of which particles of different types repel each other whereas those of the same type do not interact.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-04-27 Joanna Baranska , Yuri Kozitsky

The dynamics of an active walker in a harmonic potential is studied experimentally, numerically and theoretically. At odds with usual models of self-propelled particles, we identify two dynamical states for which the particle condensates at…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-02-20 Olivier Dauchot , Vincent Démery

Dynamic heterogeneity has often been modeled by assuming that a single-particle observable, fluctuating at a molecular scale, is influenced by its coupling to environmental variables fluctuating on a second, perhaps slower, time scale.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Gregor Diezemann , Gerald Hinze , Hans Sillescu

The review presents a parameter switching algorithm and his applications which allows numerical approximation of any attractor of a class of continuous-time dynamical systems depending linearly on a real parameter. The considered classes of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2011-02-16 M. -F. Danca , M. Romera , G. Pastor , F. Montoya

In this paper, we analyze the dynamics of an $N$ particles system evolving according the gradient flow of an energy functional. The particle system is a consistent approximation of the Lagrangian formulation of a one parameter family of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-01-31 V. Calvez , L. Corrias