Compromise and Synchronization in Opinion Dynamics

Preprint

16 February 2006

preprint
Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.physics/0510141

Abstract

We discuss two models of opinion dynamics. First wepresent a brief review of the Hegselmann and Krause (HK) compromise model in two dimensions, showing that it is possible to simulate the dynamics in the limit of an infinite number of agents by solving numerically a rate equation for a continuum distribution of opinions. Then, we discuss the Opinion Changing Rate (OCR) model, which allows to study under which conditions a group of agents with a different natural tendency (rate) to change opinion can find the agreement. In the context of the this model, consensus is viewed as a synchronization process.

Keywords

OPINION DYNAMICS
COMPROMISE MODEL
SYNCHRONIZATION
CHANGE OPINION
DISCUSS TWO
WEPRESENT
KRAUSE
OCR

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Published version: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter, 50 (1-2), 169.

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