Santo Fortunato, Dietrich Stauffer
Published 2005-01-29Version 1
We review the opinion dynamics in the computer models of Deffuant et al. (D), of Krause and Hegselmann (KH), and of Sznajd (S). All these models allow for consensus (one final opinion), polarization (two final opinions), and fragmentation (more than two final opinions), depending on how tolerant people are to different opinions. We then simulate the reactions of people to ex treme events, in that we modify the opinion of an individual and investigate how the dynamics of a consensus model diffuses this perturbation among the other members of a community. It often happens that the original shock induced by the extreme event influences the opinion of a big part of the society.
Comments: 32 pages including 14 figs. For Springer book of Albeverio, Jentsch and Kantz
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