Minorities in a Model for Opinion Formation

M.F. LAGUNA, GUILLERMO ABRAMSON, DAMIAN H. ZANETTE

Complexity

Wiley Periodicals

Lugar: U.S.A.; Año: 2004 vol. 9 p. 31 - 36

1076-2787

We study a model for social influence in which the agents’ opinion is a continuous variable [G. Weisbuch et al., Complexity 2002, 7(2), 55]. The convergent opinion adjustment process takes place as a result of random binary encounters whenever the difference between agents’ opinions is below a given threshold. The inhomogeneity in the dynamics gives rise to a complex steady state structure, which is also highly dependent on the threshold and on the convergence parameter of the model.