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In a physical system, changing parameters such as temperature can induce a phase transition: an abrupt change from one state of matter to another. Analogous phenomena have recently been observed in large language models. Typically, the task…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Julian Arnold , Flemming Holtorf , Frank Schäfer , Niels Lörch

The Ising model describes collective behaviors such as phase transitions and critical phenomena in various physical, biological, economical, and social systems. It is well-known that spontaneous phase transition at finite temperature does…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-03-28 Weiguo Yin

A recently proposed model of social interaction in voting is investigated by simplifying it down into a version that is more analytically tractable and which allows a mathematical analysis to be performed. This analysis clarifies the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2016-07-20 Luis F. Lafuerza , Louise Dyson , Bruce Edmonds , Alan J. McKane

We introduce a new agent-based model of opinion dynamics in which binary opinions (yes/no) of each agent can be measured and described regarding both pre- and post-influence at both of two levels, public and private, vis-\`a-vis the…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-11-16 Arkadiusz Jędrzejewski , Grzegorz Marcjasz , Paul R. Nail , Katarzyna Sznajd-Weron

The non-equilibrium phase transition in driven two-dimensional Ising models with two different geometries is investigated using Monte Carlo methods as well as analytical calculations. The models show dissipation through fluctuation induced…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-05-23 Sebastian Angst , Alfred Hucht , Dietrich E. Wolf

Recently, a model of opinion formation with kinetic exchanges has been proposed in which a spontaneous symmetry breaking transition was reported [M. Lallouache et al, Phys. Rev. E, {\bf 82} 056112 (2010)]. We generalise the model to…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-05-29 Parongama Sen

We propose a computational framework for modeling opinion dynamics in electoral competitions that combines two realistic features: voter memory and exogenous shocks. The population is represented by a fully-connected network of agents, each…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-02-05 Jaime L. C. da C. Filho , Nuno Crokidakis

Phase transitions are ubiquitous across life, yet hard to quantify and describe accurately. In this work, we develop an approach for characterizing generic attributes of phase transitions from very limited observations made deep within…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-08-30 Lukas Herron , Kinjal Mondal , John S. Schneekloth , Pratyush Tiwary

In real-world systems, phase transitions often materialize abruptly, making it difficult to design appropriate controls that help uncover underlying processes. Some agent-based computational models display transformations similar to phase…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-10-10 S. S. Chanda , B. McKelvey

We investigate the proposal that for weakly coupled two-dimensional magnets the transition temperature scales with a critical exponent which is equivalent to that of the susceptibility in the underlying two-dimensional model, $ \gamma $.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-02-19 Jordan C. Moodie , Manjinder Kainth , Matthew R. Robson , M. W. Long

We consider an Ising model where longitudinal components of every pair of spins have antiferromagnetic interaction of the same magnitude. When subjected to a transverse magnetic field at zero temperature, the system undergoes a phase…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-14 Anindita Ganguli , Subinay Dasgupta

It has been suggested that an information geometric view of statistical mechanics in which a metric is introduced onto the space of parameters provides an interesting alternative characterisation of the phase structure, particularly in the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 W. Janke , D. A. Johnston , Ranasinghe P. K. C. Malmini

Recent research has developed the Ising model from physics, especially statistical mechanics, and it plays an important role in quantum computing, especially quantum annealing and quantum Monte Carlo methods. The model has also been used in…

Physics and Society · Physics 2024-04-26 Yasuko Kawahata

A voting model (or a generalization of the Glauber model at zero temperature) on a multidimensional lattice is defined as a system composed of a lattice each site of which is either empty or occupied by a single particle. The reactions of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. Roshani , A. Aghamohammadi , M. Khorrami

Communication noise is a common feature in several real-world scenarios where systems of agents need to communicate in order to pursue some collective task. In particular, many biologically inspired systems that try to achieve agreements on…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Francesco d'Amore , Isabella Ziccardi

In extensive Monte Carlo simulations the phase transition of the random field Ising model in three dimensions is investigated. The values of the critical exponents are determined via finite size scaling. For a Gaussian distribution of the…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-28 Heiko Rieger

Statistical spin dynamics plays a key role to understand the working principle for novel optical Ising machines. Here we propose the gauge transformations for spatial photonic Ising machine, where a single spatial phase modulator…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2021-07-28 Yisheng Fang , Junyi Huang , Zhichao Ruan

Independent voters play an increasingly decisive role in contemporary elections, yet their collective behavior remains poorly understood. This paper investigates how a minority of voters with greater flexibility in their political…

Physics and Society · Physics 2025-12-22 Ernő Buzás , Attila Szilva

We analyse biased ensembles of trajectories for the random-field Ising model on a fully-connected lattice, which is described exactly by mean-field theory. By coupling the activity of the system to a dynamical biasing field, we find a range…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-10-27 Jules Guioth , Robert L. Jack

We show that applying feedback and weak measurements to a quantum system induces phase transitions beyond the dissipative ones. Feedback enables controlling essentially quantum properties of the transition, i.e., its critical exponent, as…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 D. A. Ivanov , T. Yu. Ivanova , S. F. Caballero-Benitez , I. B. Mekhov