A diffusive strategic dynamics for social systems

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-9948-1zbMATH Open1190.82006arXiv0812.1435OpenAlexW2962917001WikidataQ58295725 ScholiaQ58295725MaRDI QIDQ970563FDOQ970563

Elena Agliari, Raffaella Burioni, P. Contucci

Publication date: 19 May 2010

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

Abstract: We propose a model for the dynamics of a social system, which includes diffusive effects and a biased rule for spin-flips, reproducing the effect of strategic choices. This model is able to mimic some phenomena taking place during marketing or political campaigns. Using a cost function based on the Ising model defined on the typical quenched interaction environments for social systems (Erdos-Renyi graph, small-world and scale-free networks), we find, by numerical simulations, that a stable stationary state is reached, and we compare the final state to the one obtained with standard dynamics, by means of total magnetization and magnetic susceptibility. Our results show that the diffusive strategic dynamics features a critical interaction parameter strictly lower than the standard one. We discuss the relevance of our findings in social systems.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1435

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zbMATH Keywords

social systemsstationary statesdiffusive dynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Social choice (91B14) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) Microeconomic theory (price theory and economic markets) (91B24)

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