2005/05/06 by Jan Lorenz · 4 citations
Physics and Astronomy · Social Sciences · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Misinformation and Its Impacts #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2005.02.086
published as Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Volume 355, Issue 1, 1 September 2005, Pages 217-223 · 7 pages, no figures, first time presented at First Bonzenfreies Colloquium on Market Dynamics and Quantitative Economics, Sep 9/10 2004
openalex publication_date 2005/05/06 · arxiv created 2007/08/22 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
A stabilization theorem for processes of opinion dynamics is presented. The theorem is applicable to a wide class of models of continuous opinion dynamics based on averaging (like the models of Hegselmann-Krause and Weisbuch-Deffuant). The analysis detects self-confidence as a driving force of stabilization.