18 citations · 39 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for
4 papers · 1 filter
Sociophysics and the Forming of Public Opinion: Threshold versus Non Threshold Dynamics
Serge Galam
A two state model for opinion forming, which has proven heuristic power, is reviewed with a novel emphasis on the existence or absence of a threshold for the dynamics. Monitored by…
Global Warming: the Sacrificial Temptation
Serge Galam
The claimed unanimity of the scientific community about the human culpability for global warming is questioned. Up today there exists no scientific proof of human culpability. It i…
From 2000 Bush-Gore to 2006 Italian elections: Voting at fifty-fifty and the Contrarian Effect
Serge Galam
A sociophysical model for opinion dynamics is shown to embody a series of recent western hung national votes all set at the unexpected and very improbable edge of a fifty-fifty sco…
Stability of leadership in bottom-up hierarchical organizations
Serge Galam
The stability of a leadership against a growing internal opposition is studied in bottom-up hierarchical organizations. Using a very simple model with bottom-up majority rule votin…