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Stochastic resonance in a model of opinion formation on small-world networks

Marcelo Kuperman, Damian Zanette

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0111289

Abstract

We analyze the phenomenon of stochastic resonance in an Ising-like system on a small-world network. The system, which is subject to the combined action of noise and an external modulation, can be interpreted as a stylized model of opinion formation by imitation under the effects of a ``fashion wave''. Both the amplitude threshold for the detection of the external modulation and the width of the stochastic-resonance peak show considerable variation as the randomness of the underlying small-world network is changed.

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