Conservation laws for the voter model in complex networks

dc.creatorSuchecki, Krzysztof
dc.creatorEguiluz, Victor M.
dc.creatorMiguel, Maxi San
dc.date2004-08-04
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T02:59:35Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T02:59:35Z
dc.descriptionWe consider the voter model dynamics in random networks with an arbitrary distribution of the degree of the nodes. We find that for the usual node-update dynamics the average magnetization is not conserved, while an average magnetization weighted by the degree of the node is conserved. However, for a link-update dynamics the average magnetization is still conserved. For the particular case of a Barabasi-Albert scale-free network the voter model dynamics leads to a partially ordered metastable state with a finite size survival time. This characteristic time scales linearly with system size only when the updating rule respects the conservation law of the average magnetization. This scaling identifies a universal or generic property of the voter model dynamics associated with the conservation law of the magnetization.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures; for related material please visit http://www.imedea.uib.es
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0408101
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0408101
dc.identifierEurophysics Letters 69, 228-234 (2005)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1209/epl/i2004-10329-8
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/24568
dc.subjectOther Condensed Matter
dc.titleConservation laws for the voter model in complex networks
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