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- Title
OPINION EVOLUTION ON A SCALE-FREE NETWORK WITH LEADERS.
- Authors
HE, MINGFENG; XU, HAIXUAN; SUN, QI
- Abstract
In this paper we study the model of opinion dynamics with individuals on nodes of a scale-free network, introducing an opinion evolution mechanism and according to the nodes' degrees defining broad-sense-concept leaders on the network. We compare the strength of opinion influence between leaders and followers. With computer simulations of opinion dynamics, we found that the more complex is the scale-free network, the easier for leaders to make their opinion accepted by the masses.
- Subjects
DYNAMICS; SIMULATION methods &; models; POLITICAL leadership; PHYSICS; PUBLIC opinion
- Publication
International Journal of Modern Physics C: Computational Physics & Physical Computation, 2004, Vol 15, Issue 7, p947
- ISSN
0129-1831
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1142/S012918310400639X