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arXiv 1999-05-18 0 views

Globally coupled bistable elements as a model of group decision making

Zanette, Damian H.

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A simple mathematical model is proposed to study the effect of the average trend of a population on the opinion of each individual, when a group decision has to be made by voting. It is shown that if such effect is strong enough a transition to coherent behavior occurs, in which the whole population converges to a single opinion. This transition has the character of a first-order critical phenomenon.

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