CHANGING OPINIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD: A NEW PERSPECTIVE IN SOCIOPHYSICS
- 1 April 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in International Journal of Modern Physics C
- Vol. 16 (04) , 515-531
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0129183105007261
Abstract
We propose a new model of opinion formation, the Opinion Changing Rate (OCR) model. Instead of investigating the conditions that allow consensus in a world of agents with different opinions, we study the conditions under which a group of agents with different natural tendency (rate) to change opinion can find agreement. The OCR is a modified version of the Kuramoto model, one of the simplest models for synchronization in biological systems, adapted here to a social context. By means of several numerical simulations, we illustrate the richness of the OCR model dynamics and its social implications.Keywords
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