{
  "id": "cond-mat/0501105",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2005-01-06T11:25:27.000Z",
  "updated": "2005-01-06T11:25:27.000Z",
  "title": "Monte Carlo Simulations of Opinion Dynamics",
  "authors": [
    "Santo Fortunato"
  ],
  "comment": "5 pages, 2 figures. Contribution to the Proceedings of the Conference \"Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity\", Ettore Majorana Foundation and Center for Scientific Culture, Erice (Sicily) 20-26 July 2004",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.dis-nn"
  ],
  "abstract": "We briefly introduce a new promising field of applications of statistical physics, opinion dynamics, where the systems at study are social groups or communities and the atoms/spins are the individuals (or agents) belonging to such groups. The opinion of each agent is modeled by a number, integer or real, and simple rules determine how the opinions vary as a consequence of discussions between people. Monte Carlo simulations of consensus models lead to patterns of self-organization among the agents which fairly well reproduce the trends observed in real social systems.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2005-01-06T11:25:27.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "monte carlo simulations",
      "opinion dynamics",
      "simple rules determine",
      "real social systems",
      "opinions vary"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "conference paper"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 5,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2005cmn..conf..301F"
    }
  }
}