Stochastic dynamics of the multi-state voter model over a network based on interacting cliques and zealot candidates

DOI10.1007/S10955-014-1003-1MaRDI QIDQ744575zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Filippo Palombi, Simona Toti

Publication date 25 September 2014

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0396

zbMATH Keywords

voter modelmean field theoryproportional electionssocial physics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Voting theory (91B12) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99)

Abstract: The stochastic dynamics of the multi-state voter model is investigated on a class of complex networks made of non-overlapping cliques, each hosting a political candidate and interacting with the others via ErdH{o}s-R'enyi links. Numerical simulations of the model are interpreted in terms of an ad-hoc mean field theory, specifically tuned to resolve the inter/intra-clique interactions. Under a proper definition of the thermodynamic limit (with the average degree of the agents kept fixed while increasing the network size), the model is found to display the empirical scaling discovered by Fortunato and Castellano (Phys Rev Lett 99(13):138701, 2007), while the vote distribution resembles roughly that observed in Brazilian elections.

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