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On the mathematical theory of news waves
Nikolay K. Vitanov, Zlatinka I. Dimitrova, Kaloyan N. Vitanov
We discuss the spread of a piece of news in a population. This is modeled by SIR model of epidemic spread. The model can be reduced to a nonlinear differential equation for the num…
Verhulst-Lotka-Volterra (VLV) model of ideological struggles
Marcel R. Ausloos, Nikolay K. Vitanov, Zlatinka I. Dimitrova
Let the population of e.g. a country where some opinion struggle occurs be varying in time, according to Verhulst equation. Consider next some competition between opinions such as…
A model of ideological struggle
Nikolay K. Vitanov, Zlatinka I. Dimitrova, Marcel Ausloos
A general model for opinion formation and competition, like in ideological struggles is formulated. The underlying set is a closed one, like a country but in which the population s…