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The HoneyComb Paradigm for Research on Collective Human Behavior
Published on: January 19, 2019
Three-state opinion model with mobile agents
I Ferri1,2, A Gaya-Àvila1,2, A Díaz-Guilera1,2
1Departament de Física de la Matèria Condensada, Universitat de Barcelona, 08028 Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
We study an agent-based opinion model with two extreme (opposite) opinion states and a neutral intermediate one. We adjust the relative degree of conviction between extremists and neutrals through a dimensionless parameter called the "neutrality parameter" to investigate its impact on the outcome of the system. In our model, agents move randomly on a plane with periodic boundary conditions and interact with each other only when they are within a fixed distance threshold. We examine different movement mechanisms and their interplay with the neutrality parameter. Our results show that in general, mobility promotes the global consensus, especially for extreme opinions. However, it takes significantly less time to reach a consensus on the neutral opinion.
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