Continuous opinion model in small-world directed networks

Yerali Carolina Gandica Lopez, M. Castillo-Mussot, G. J. Vázquez, S. Rojas

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Abstract

In the compromise model of continuous opinions proposed by Deffuant et al., the states of two agents in a network can start to converge if they are neighbors and if their opinions are sufficiently close to each other, below a given threshold of tolerance ε . In directed networks, if agent i is a neighbor of agent j , j need not be a neighbor of i. In Watts–Strogatz networks we performed simulations to find the averaged number of final opinions ⟨ F ⟩ and their distribution as a function of ε and of the network structural disorder. In directed networks
⟨ F ⟩ exhibits a rich structure, being larger than in undirected networks for higher values of ε , and smaller for lower values of ε .
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5864–5870
Number of pages7
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume389
Early online date20 Jul 2009
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Aug 2010

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