Benefits of Diversity, Communication Costs, and Public Opinion Dynamics

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dc.creatorAldashev, Gani
dc.creatorCarletti, Timoteo
dc.date2007-12-07
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:47:56Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:47:56Z
dc.descriptionWe study the dynamics of public opinion in a model in which agents change their opinions as a result of random binary encounters if the opinion difference is below their individual thresholds that evolve over time. We ground these thresholds in a simple individual cost-benefit analysis with linear benefits of diversity and quadratic communication costs. We clarify and deepen the results of earlier continuous-opinion dynamics models (Deffuant et al., Adv Complex Systems 2000; Weisbuch et al., Complexity 2002) and establish several new results regarding the patterns of opinions in the asymptotic state and the cluster formation time.
dc.description23 pages, 11 figures, 2 tables
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1140
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0712.1140
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/143774
dc.subjectPhysics and Society
dc.titleBenefits of Diversity, Communication Costs, and Public Opinion Dynamics
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