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View SchemaFocusing of opinions in the Deffuant model: First impression counts
| Authors | Dirk Jacobmeier |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0610260 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0610260 |
| DOI | 10.1142/S0129183106010108 |
Abstract
The paper treats opinion dynamics of an unequal distribution as the initial opinion distribution. Simulated is the Deffuant model on a directed Barabasi-Albert network with discrete opinions and several subjects. Noticed is a focusing of the the resulting opinion distribution during the simulation towards the average value of the initial opinion distribution. A small change of the focusing is seen. A dependency of this change on the number of subjects and opinions is detected and indicates the change as a consequence of discretization the opinions. Hereby the average value of the initial opinion distribution can be identified as the guide of opinion forming.
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