Hysteresis and disorder-induced order in continuous kinetic-like opinion dynamics in complex networks

In this work we tackle a kinetic-like model of opinions dynamics in a networked population endued with a quenched plurality and polarization. Additionally, we consider pairwise interactions that are restrictive, which is modeled with a smooth bounded confidence. Our results show the interesting emer...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-02
Main Authors: Oestereich, A L, Pires, M A, Duarte Queirós, S M, Crokidakis, N
Format: Article
Language:English
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Hysteresis
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Summary:In this work we tackle a kinetic-like model of opinions dynamics in a networked population endued with a quenched plurality and polarization. Additionally, we consider pairwise interactions that are restrictive, which is modeled with a smooth bounded confidence. Our results show the interesting emergence of nonequilibrium hysteresis and heterogeneity-assisted ordering. Such counterintuitive phenomena are robust to different types of network architectures such as random, small-world and scale-free.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2002.09366