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Skepticism and rumor spreading: the role of spatial correlations
Marco Antonio Amaral, W. G. Dantas, Jeferson J. Arenzon
Critical thinking and skepticism are fundamental mechanisms that one may use to prevent the spreading of rumors, fake-news and misinformation. We consider a simple model in which a…
Rumor propagation meets skepticism: a parallel with zombies
Marco Antonio Amaral, Jeferson J. Arenzon
We propose a model of rumor spreading in which susceptible, but skeptically oriented individuals may oppose the rumor. Resistance may be implemented either by skeptical activists t…
Percolation and cooperation with mobile agents: Geometric and strategy clusters
Mendeli H. Vainstein, Carolina Brito, Jeferson J. Arenzon
We study the conditions for persistent cooperation in an off-lattice model of mobile agents playing the Prisoner's Dilemma game with pure, unconditional strategies. Each agent has…