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Ferromagnetic Fluid As A Model Of Social Impact

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  • PIOTR FRONCZAK

    (Faculty of Physics and Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland)

  • AGATA FRONCZAK

    (Faculty of Physics and Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland)

  • JANUSZ A. HOŁYST

    (Faculty of Physics and Center of Excellence for Complex Systems Research, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, PL-00-662 Warsaw, Poland)

Abstract

The paper proposes a new model of spin dynamics which can be treated as a model of sociological coupling between individuals. Our approach takes into account two different human features: Gregariousness and individuality. We will show how they affect a psychological distance between individuals and how the distance changes the opinion formation in a social group. Apart from its sociological aplications the model displays the variety of other interesting phenomena like self-organizing ferromagnetic state or a second order phase transition and can be studied from different points of view, e.g., as a model of ferromagnetic fluid, complex evolving network or multiplicative random process.

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  • Piotr Fronczak & Agata Fronczak & Janusz A. Hołyst, 2006. "Ferromagnetic Fluid As A Model Of Social Impact," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 17(08), pages 1227-1235.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:17:y:2006:i:08:n:s0129183106009618
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183106009618
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