Universal features of exit probability in opinion dynamics models with domain size dependent dynamics

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/47/49/495001MaRDI QIDQ2937445zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Parna Roy, Soham Biswas, Parongama Sen

Publication date 9 January 2015

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.2199

zbMATH Keywords

universality classscaling behaviourdynamical exponents

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractional derivatives and integrals (26A33) General theory of stochastic processes (60G07)

Abstract: We study the exit probability for several binary opinion dynamics models in one dimension in which the opinion state (represented by $pm1$) of an agent is determined by dynamical rules dependent on the size of its neighbouring domains. In all these models, we find the exit probability behaves like a step function in the thermodynamic limit. In a finite system of size $L$, the exit probability $E(x)$ as a function of the initial fraction $x$ of one type of opinion is given by $E(x)=f[(x-x_c)L^{1/u}]$ with a universal value of $u=2.5pm0.03$. The form of the scaling function is also universal: $f(y)=[anh(lambday+c)+1]/2$, where $lambda$ is found to be dependent on the particular dynamics. The variation of $lambda$ against the parameters of the models is studied. $c$ is non-zero only when the dynamical rule distinguishes between $pm1$ states; comparison with theoretical estimates in this case shows very good agreement.

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