Consensus in the two-state Axelrod model

DOI10.1016/J.SPA.2012.06.010zbMATH Open1252.60094arXiv1107.4413OpenAlexW2160096296MaRDI QIDQ454860FDOQ454860

Authors: N. Lanchier, Jason Schweinsberg 

Publication date: 10 October 2012

Published in: Stochastic Processes and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Axelrod model is a spatial stochastic model for the dynamics of cultures which, similarly to the voter model, includes social influence, but differs from the latter by also accounting for another social factor called homophily, the tendency to interact more frequently with individuals who are more similar. Each individual is characterized by its opinions about a finite number of cultural features, each of which can assume the same finite number of states. Pairs of adjacent individuals interact at a rate equal to the fraction of features they have in common, thus modeling homophily, which results in the interacting pair having one more cultural feature in common, thus modeling social influence. It has been conjectured based on numerical simulations that the one-dimensional Axelrod model clusters when the number of features exceeds the number of states per feature. In this article, we prove this conjecture for the two-state model with an arbitrary number of features.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.4413

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zbMATH Keywords

interacting particle systemsAxelrod modelannihilating random walks

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35)

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