Influence of network disorder and degree distribution on voter
model dynamics
Talk
Krzysztof Suchecki
DFI, IMEDEA (CSIC-UIB
April 7, 2004, 3 p.m.
Sala de Juntes, Ed. Mateu Orfila
Voter model is a very simple model of opinion formation. We study it\\\'s dynamics in scale-free networks, where it hasn\\\'t been studied before, and several other kinds of networks. From that observations, we conclude on how degree distribution of network and ist\\\'s disorder influences the dynamics, in both qualitative and quantitative way. We also studied a case of a zealot - a single node in the network that do not change it\\\'s state, but influences neighborhood normally. The influence of such a node on voter model dynamics in Barabasi-Albert network is discussed.