The Sznajd Consensus Model with Continuous Opinions
arXiv:cond-mat/0407353 · doi:10.1142/S0129183105006917
Abstract
In the consensus model of Sznajd, opinions are integers and a randomly chosen pair of neighbouring agents with the same opinion forces all their neighbours to share that opinion. We propose a simple extension of the model to continuous opinions, based on the criterion of bounded confidence which is at the basis of other popular consensus models. Here the opinion s is a real number between 0 and 1, and a parameter εis introduced such that two agents are compatible if their opinions differ from each other by less than ε. If two neighbouring agents are compatible, they take the mean s_m of their opinions and try to impose this value to their neighbours. We find that if all neighbours take the average opinion s_m the system reaches complete consensus for any value of the confidence bound ε. We propose as well a weaker prescription for the dynamics and discuss the corresponding results.
11 pages, 4 figures. To appear in International Journal of Modern Physics C
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