Mobilia, M. and Petersen, Alexander M. and Redner, S. On the role of zealotry in the voter model. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 2007 (08). P08029. ISSN 1742-5468 (2007)
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029
Abstract
We study the voter model with a finite density of zealots—voters that never change opinion. For equal numbers of zealots of each species, the distribution of magnetization (opinions) is Gaussian in the mean-field limit, as well as in one and two dimensions, with a width that is proportional to 1/√Z , where Z is the number of zealots, independent of the total number of voters. Thus just a few zealots can prevent consensus or even the formation of a robust majority.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Identification Number: | 10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | interacting agent models, probability theory, scaling in socio-economic systems, |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) Q Science > QC Physics |
| Research Area: | Economics and Institutional Change |
| Depositing User: | Alexander Petersen |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jul 2011 09:21 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Sep 2011 13:26 |
| URI: | http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/261 |
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