Interacting Agents and Continuous Opinions Dynamics

We present a model of opinion dynamics in which agents adjust continuous opinions as a result of random binary encoun ters whenever their difference in opinion is below a given threshold. High thresholds yield convergence of opinions towards an average opinion, whereas low thresholds result in several opinion clusters. The model is further generalized to network interactions, threshold heterogeneity, adaptive thresholds and binary strings of opinions.

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Year of publication:	2001-11
Authors:	Weisbuch, Gérard ; Deffuant, Guillaume ; Amblard, Frederic ; Nadal, Jean Pierre
Institutions:	Santa Fe Institute
Subject:	Dynamics \| opinions \| norms \| bounded rationality \| economic choices

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Series:	Working Papers.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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