2003/01/01 by Dietrich Stauffer · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence #cond-mat.stat-mech
paper · pdf · doi:10.1063/1.1632125
11 pages including 2 figures and 2 programs. Conference 50th Anniversary of the Metropolis Algorithm
openalex publication_date 2003/01/01 · arxiv created 2003/07/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
In the Sznajd model of 2000, a pair of neighbouring agents on a square lattice convinces its six neighbours of the pair opinion if and only if the two agents of the pair share the same opinion. It differs from other consensus models of sociophysics (Deffuant et al., Hegselmann and Krause) by having integer opinions like ±1 instead of continuous opinions. The basic results and the progress since the last review are summarized here.