A diffusive strategic dynamics for social systems

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-9948-1MaRDI QIDQ970563zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Elena Agliari, Raffaella Burioni, P. Contucci

Publication date 19 May 2010

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

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

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)

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.

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