Kinetic model for multidimensional opinion formation

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2010 Mar;81(3 Pt 2):036109. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.81.036109. Epub 2010 Mar 17.

Abstract

In this paper, we deal with a kinetic model to describe the evolution of the opinion in a closed group with respect to a choice between multiple options (e.g., political parties), which takes into account two main mechanisms of opinion formation, namely, the interaction between individuals and the effect of the mass media. We numerically test the model in some relevant cases and eventually provide an existence and a uniqueness result for it.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation
  • Decision Making*
  • Humans
  • Information Dissemination
  • Kinetics
  • Linear Models
  • Mass Media
  • Models, Psychological*
  • Political Systems
  • Politics
  • Time Factors