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physics.soc-ph2024
Analytical insights from a model of opinion formation based on Persuasive Argument Theory
Lucía Pedraza, Nicolas Saintier, Juan Pablo Pinasco +2
In recent years, numerous mathematical models of opinion formation have been developed, incorporating diverse interaction mechanisms such as imitation and majority rule. However, l…
physics.soc-ph2023
Attraction by pairwise coherence explains the emergence of ideological sorting
Federico Zimmerman, Lucía Pedraza, Joaquín Navajas +1
Political polarization has become a growing concern in democratic societies, as it drives tribal alignments and erodes civic deliberation among citizens. Given its prevalence acros…
physics.soc-ph2021
Analytical formulation for multidimensional continuous opinion models
Lucia Pedraza, Juan Pablo Pinasco, Nicolas Saintier +1
Usually, opinion formation models assume that individuals have an opinion about a given topic which can change due to interactions with others. However, individuals can have differ…