Opinion formation on a deterministic pseudo-fractal network

被引:100
作者
Gonzälez, MC [1 ]
Sousa, AO [1 ]
Herrmann, HJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Stuttgart, Inst Comp Appl 1, D-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS C | 2004年 / 15卷 / 01期
关键词
social systems; deterministic graphs; small-world networks; scale-free networks; elections;
D O I
10.1142/S0129183104005577
中图分类号
TP39 [计算机的应用];
学科分类号
081203 ; 0835 ;
摘要
The Sznajd model of socio-physics, with only a group of people sharing the same opinion can convince their neighbors, is applied to a scale-free random network modeled by a deterministic graph. We also study a model for elections based on the Sznajd model and the exponent obtained for the distribution of votes during the transient agrees with those obtained for real elections in Brazil and India. Our results are compared to those obtained using a Barabasi-Albert scale-free network.
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页数:13
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