A stabilization theorem for dynamics of continuous opinions

✍ Scribed by Jan Lorenz

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 203 KB
• Volume: 355
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-4371
• DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2005.02.086

✦ Synopsis

A stabilization theorem for processes of opinion dynamics is presented. The theorem is applicable to a wide class of models of continuous opinion dynamics based on averaging (like the models of Hegselmann-Krause and Weisbuch-Deffuant). The analysis detects selfconfidence as a driving force of stabilization.