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A kinetic approach to the study of opinion formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2009

Laurent Boudin  and
Francesco Salvarani
Laurent Boudin
Affiliation:
UPMC Université Paris 6, UMR 7598, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, 75005 Paris, France. [email protected]
Francesco Salvarani
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università Degli Studi di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia, Italy. [email protected]
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Abstract

In this work, we use the methods of nonequilibrium statistical mechanics in order to derive an equation which models some mechanisms of opinion formation. After proving the main mathematical properties of the model, we provide some numerical results.

Keywords

Sociophysicsopinion formationkinetic theory.
Type
Research Article
Information
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis , Volume 43 , Issue 3 , May 2009 , pp. 507 - 522
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© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2009

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