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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme
SOE 13: Social Systems, Opinion and Group Dynamics
SOE 13.6: Talk
Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 11:30–11:45, GÖR 226
Stochastic growth in social systems — •Juergen Mimkes1 and Stefan Hutzler2 — 1Physics Department, Paderborn University — 2Physics Department, Trinity College, Dublin
Stochastic growth in social systems is observed in many instances: in opinion formation a new idea is evolving, in elections one party may grow at the costs of others, in the interaction of languages one language may displaces another, in wars one country may grow at the costs of others, in nature we find growth and survival of the fittest. Stochastic growth in social systems may be calculated similar to crystal growth in physical systems. Simulations based on local optimization of the free energy may visualize the process of stochastic opinion growth, but not the outcome of an election.