Competition of Dynamic Self-Confidence and Inhomogeneous Individual Influence in Voter Models

In social systems, agents often have different ability to persuade neighbors to adopt their opinions. In this paper, we aim to investigate how the location and heterogeneity of influencers in social networks can improve convergence. We propose a voter model with dynamic self-conviction and heterogen...

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Main Authors: Fei Xiong, Yun Liu, Jiang Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-12-01
Series:Entropy
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15/12/5292