The minority’s success under majority rule |
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Authors: | Gan Huang Jinde Cao Yuzhong Qu |
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Institution: | a Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China b School of Mechanical Engineeing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China c Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China |
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Abstract: | In this paper, we focus on the effect of a network’s structure on the process of opinion formation. Emphasis is placed on the minority’s opinion evolution in a community structured network, where the majority rule is applied to govern the evolution. A model is developed for theoretical analysis using the mean field method. In this model, the connections are dense in the community, but sparse outside. A bifurcation diagram can thus be constructed, which is also verified through experimental study. The phase transition in the evolution is also investigated. In addition, a further investigation shows that a larger group size would bring more advantage to the minority. |
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Keywords: | Opinion formation Minority Majority rule Community structure Social network |
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