Indifferents as an Interface between Contra and Pro

• Authors: K. Malarz , K. Kułakowski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In most sociophysical simulations on public opinion, only two opinions are allowed: Pro and Contra. However, in all political elections many people do not vote. Here we analyse two models of dynamics of public opinion, taking into account Indifferent voters: (i) the Sznajd model with symmetry Pro-Contra, (ii) the outflow one move voter model, where Contra's are converted to Indifferent by their Pro neighbours. Our results on the Sznajd model are in an overall agreement with the results of the mean field approach and with those known from the initial model formulation. The simulation on the voter model shows that an amount of Contra's who remain after convertion depends on the network topology.

Keywords

EN

89.65.-s; 87.23.Ge; 89.65.Ef; 89.75.-k; 89.75.Fb

Discipline

• 89.65.-s: Social and economic systems
• 87.23.Ge: Dynamics of social systems
• 89.75.-k: Complex systems(for complex chemical systems, see 82.40.Qt; for biological complexity, see 87.18.-h)
• 89.65.Ef: Social organizations; anthropology
• 89.75.Fb: Structures and organization in complex systems

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2010
• Volume: 117
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 695-699

Dates

published

2010-04

Contributors

author

K. Malarz

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Kraków, Poland

author

K. Kułakowski

• AGH University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Physics and Applied Computer Science, al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30059 Kraków, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.117.695