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physics.soc-ph2017★ 38 cited
The influence of contrarians in the dynamics of opinion formation
Joao Paulo Gambaro, Nuno Crokidakis
In this work we consider the presence of contrarian agents in discrete 3-state kinetic exchange opinion models. The contrarians are individuals that adopt the choice opposite to th…
physics.soc-ph2017★ 3 cited
Non-Equilibrium Phase Transitions Induced by Social Temperature in Kinetic Exchange Opinion Models on Regular Lattices
Nuno Crokidakis
In this work we study the critical behavior of a three-state opinion model in the presence of noise. This noise represents the independent behavior, that plays the role of social t…