Mixing beliefs among interacting agents
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- 1 January 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd in Advances in Complex Systems
- Vol. 03 (01n04) , 87-98
- https://doi.org/10.1142/s0219525900000078
Abstract
We present a model of opinion dynamics in which agents adjust continuous opinions as a result of random binary encounters whenever their difference in opinion is below a given threshold. High thresholds yield convergence of opinions towards an average opinion, whereas low thresholds result in several opinion clusters: members of the same cluster share the same opinion but are no longer influenced by members of other clusters.Keywords
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