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Statistical Mechanics of Political Polarization [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
Rapidly increasing political polarization threatens democracies around the world. Scholars from several disciplines are assessing and modeling polarization antecedents, processes, and consequences. Social systems are complex and networked. Their constant
Miron Kaufman, Sanda Kaufman, Hung T. Diep   +2 more
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Modeling and Analysis of Social Phenomena: Challenges and Possible Research Directions [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
This opening editorial aims to interest researchers and encourage novel research in the closely related fields of sociophysics and computational social science.
Federico Vazquez
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Sociophysics Analysis of Multi-Group Conflicts [PDF]

Entropy, 2020
We present our research on the application of statistical physics techniques to multi-group social conflicts. We identify real conflict situations of which the characteristics correspond to the model.
Miron Kaufman, Hung T. Diep, Sanda Kaufman   +2 more
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Vanishing Opinions in Latané Model of Opinion Formation [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
In this paper, the results of computer simulations based on the Nowak–Szamrej–Latané model with multiple (from two to five) opinions available in the system are presented.
Maciej Dworak, Krzysztof Malarz
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Unanimity, Coexistence, and Rigidity: Three Sides of Polarization [PDF]

Entropy, 2023
Political polarization is perceived as a threat to democracies. Using the Galam model of opinion dynamics deployed in a five-dimensional parameter space, I show that polarization is the byproduct of an essential hallmark of a vibrant democratic society ...
Serge Galam
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Two-Stroke Pumping Technique for Many-Body Systems [PDF]

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I introduce a new analytical framework for estimating critical temperatures in interacting many-body systems, focusing on the Ising model. Combining the Bethe cluster setting, the Metropolis update, and the Galam Majority Model developed in sociophysics,
Serge Galam
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A Model for the Formation of Beliefs and Social Norms Based on the Satisfaction Problem (SAT) [PDF]

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We propose a numerical representation of beliefs in social systems based on the so-called SAT problem in computer science. The main idea is that a belief system is a set of true/false values associated with claims or propositions. Each individual assigns
Bastien Chopard, Franck Raynaud, Julien Stalhandske   +2 more
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Measuring the Subjective Passage of Time: A Sociophysics Modeling [PDF]

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A simple model is built to evaluate quantitatively the individual feeling of the passage of time using a sociophysics approach. Given an objective unit of time like the year, I introduce an individualized mirror-subjective counterpart, which is inversely
Serge Galam
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Opinion Dynamics and Unifying Principles: A Global Unifying Frame [PDF]

Entropy, 2022
I review and extend the set of unifying principles that allow comparing all models of opinion dynamics within one single frame. Within the Global Unifying Frame (GUF), any specific update rule chosen to study opinion dynamics for discrete individual ...
Serge Galam
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Hybrid Galam–Bass Model for Technology Innovation [PDF]

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This work proposes a hybrid model that combines the Galam model of opinion dynamics with the Bass diffusion model used in technology adoption on Barabasi–Albert complex networks.
Giulia Rotundo, Roy Cerqueti, Gurjeet Dhesi, Claudiu Herteliu, Parmjit Kaur, Marcel Ausloos   +5 more
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