Berlin 2008 – wissenschaftliches Programm
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AKSOE: Arbeitskreis Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme
AKSOE 15: Social-, Information-, and Production Networks II
AKSOE 15.2: Vortrag
Donnerstag, 28. Februar 2008, 10:45–11:15, EW 203
Opinion Formation in Laggard Societies — •Peter Klimek1, Renaud Lambiotte2, and Stefan Thurner1,3 — 1Complex Systems Research Group; HNO; Medical University of Vienna; Währinger Gürtel 18-20; A-1090; Austria — 2GRAPES; Universite de Liege; Sart-Tilman; B-4000 Liege; Belgium — 3Santa Fe Institute; 1399 Hyde Park Road; Santa Fe; NM 87501; USA
We introduce a statistical physics model for opinion dynamics on random networks where agents adopt the opinion held by the majority of their direct neighbors only if the fraction of these neighbors exceeds a certain threshold, pu. We find a transition from total final consensus to a mixed phase where opinions coexist amongst the agents. The relevant parameters are the relative sizes in the initial opinion distribution within the population and the connectivity of the underlying network. As the order parameter we define the asymptotic state of opinions. In the phase diagram we find regions of total consensus and a mixed phase. As the ’laggard parameter’ pu increases the regions of consensus shrink. In addition we introduce rewiring of the underlying network during the opinion formation process and discuss the resulting consequences in the phase diagram.