D. Stauffer, K. Kulakowski
Published 2002-10-10Version 1
A social system is represented by the Barabasi-Albert model. At each node of the graph, an Ising spin is placed with antiferromagnetic interaction between connected nodes. ... The system changes only at its initial stages. ... The conclusions are illustrated with events from recent European history where after some strong change a rather immobile society evolved.
Comments: 7 pages sociophysics including 6 figures
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