relation: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/261/
title: On the role of zealotry in the voter model
creator: Mobilia, M.
creator: Petersen, Alexander M.
creator: Redner, S.
subject: JA Political science (General)
subject: QC Physics
description: 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.
publisher: IOPscience
date: 2007
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   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)  
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029
relation: 10.1088/1742-5468/2007/08/P08029