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ESAIM: M2AN
Volume 43, Number 3, May-June 2009
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| Page(s) | 507 - 522 | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2009004 | |
| Published online | 07 February 2009 | |
A kinetic approach to the study of opinion formation
1
UPMC Université Paris 6, UMR 7598, Laboratoire Jacques-Louis Lions, 75005 Paris, France. laurent.boudin@upmc.fr
2
Dipartimento di Matematica, Università Degli Studi di Pavia, Via Ferrata 1, 27100 Pavia,
Italy. francesco.salvarani@unipv.it
Received:
15
February
2008
Revised:
15
October
2008
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.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 91D10 / 82C22
Key words: Sociophysics / opinion formation / kinetic theory.
© EDP Sciences, SMAI, 2009
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