Political opinion formation: Initial opinion distribution and individual heterogeneity of tolerance

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• 作者：Cheng Jin ; Yifu Li ; Xiaogang Jin ; ^{xiaogangj@cise.zju.edu.cn}
• 关键词：Opinion dynamics ; Opinion distribution ; Heterogeneity tolerance ; Party competition
• 刊名：Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：1 February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：467
• 期：Complete
• 页码：257-266
• 全文大小：1042 K
• 卷排序：467

文摘

We catch polarization, consensus and fragmentation in political opinion formation. Introduce the initial opinion distribution and individual heterogeneity on tolerance. We introduce the average ratio of near neighbours to evaluate opinion formation stage. We introduce a framework for simulating two-party systems based on network models.