2002/07/25 by Dietrich Stauffer, Stauffer, Dietrich
Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #FOS: Physical sciences #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0207598
arxiv created 2002/07/25 · openalex publication_date 2002/07/25 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
In the Sznajd model of 2000, a pair of neighbouring agents on a square lattice convinces its six neighbours of the pair opinion iff the two agents of the pair share the same opinion. Now we replace the usual random sequential updating rule by simultaneous updating and find that this change makes a complete consenus much more difficult. The larger the lattice is, the higher must be the initial majority for one of the two competing opinions to become the consensus.