Opinion spreading with mobility on scale-free networks

Guo, Qiang; Liu, Jian-Guo; Wang, Bing-Hong; Zhou, Tao; Chen, Xing-Wen; Yao, Yu-Hua

doi:10.1088/0256-307X/25/2/114

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Opinion spreading with mobility on scale-free networks

Guo, Qiang School of Science, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, China
Liu, Jian-Guo Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China - Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Wang, Bing-Hong Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
Zhou, Tao Department of Modern Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China - Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
Chen, Xing-Wen School of Science, Dalian Nationalities University, Dalian, China
Yao, Yu-Hua School of Life Science, Zhejiang Sci-Tech University, Hangzhou, China

2008

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Chinese Physics Letters. - 2008, vol. 25, no. 2, p. 773-775

English A continuum opinion dynamic model is presented based on two rules. The first one considers the mobilities of the individuals, the second one supposes that the individuals update their opinions independently. The results of the model indicate that the bounded confidence ∈_c, separating consensus and incoherent states, of a scale-free network is much smaller than the one of a lattice. If the system can reach the consensus state, the sum of all individuals' opinion change O_c(t) quickly decreases in an exponential form, while if it reaches the incoherent state finally O_c(t) decreases slowly and has the punctuated equilibrium characteristic.

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Faculté des sciences et de médecine

Department

Département de Physique

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