Social applications of two-dimensional Ising models

2008/03/13 by D. Stauffer · 13 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #Game Theory and Voting Systems #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

paper · doi:10.1119/1.2779882

Abstract

I review three socio-economic models of economic opinions, urban segregation, and language change and show that the well-known two-dimensional Ising model gives about the same results in each case.

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