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Opinion dynamics on directed small-world networks

Jiang, L. -L. ; Hua, D. -Y. ; Zhu, J. -F. ; Wang, Bing-Hong ; Zhou, Tao

In: The European Physical Journal B, 2008, vol. 65, no. 2, p. 251-255

We investigate the self-affirmation effect on formation of public opinion in a directed small-world social network. The system presents a non-equilibrium phase transition from a consensus state to a disordered state with coexistence of opinions. The dynamical behaviors are very sensitive to the density of long-range-directed interactions and the strength of self-affirmation. When the...