Kinetic models of opinion formation Export

@misc{toscani06-1, abstract = {We introduce and discuss certain kinetic models of (continuous) opinion formation involving both exchange of opinion between individual agents and diffusion of information. We show conditions which ensure that the kinetic model reaches non trivial stationary states in case of lack of diffusion in correspondence of some opinion point. Analytical results are then obtained by considering a suitable asymptotic limit of the model yielding a Fokker-Planck equation for the distribution of opinion among individuals.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Toscani, G.}, citeulike-article-id = {2506547}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0605052}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/math-ph/0605052}, eprint = {math-ph/0605052}, keywords = {consensus, opinions}, month = {May}, posted-at = {2009-07-02 17:23:29}, priority = {2}, title = {Kinetic models of opinion formation}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0605052}, year = {2006} }

TY - ELEC ID - toscani06-1 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2506547 N2 - We introduce and discuss certain kinetic models of (continuous) opinion formation involving both exchange of opinion between individual agents and diffusion of information. We show conditions which ensure that the kinetic model reaches non trivial stationary states in case of lack of diffusion in correspondence of some opinion point. Analytical results are then obtained by considering a suitable asymptotic limit of the model yielding a Fokker-Planck equation for the distribution of opinion among individuals. TI - Kinetic models of opinion formation KW - consensus KW - opinions AU - Toscani, G PY - 2006/May/17/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0605052 ER -