Statistical physics has proven to be a fruitful framework to describe phenomena outside the
realm of traditional physics. Recent years have witnessed an attempt by physicists to study …

This book discusses the study and analysis of the physical aspects of social systems and
models, inspired by the analogy with familiar models of physical systems and possible …

In 2000 we proposed a sociophysics model of opinion formation, which was based on trade
union maxim" United we Stand, Divided we Fall"(USDF) and latter due to Dietrich Stauffer …

Emergent computation is proposed in the study of self-organisation, collective and
cooperative behaviour and it has become an important approach to complex system …

Independence and anticonformity are two types of social behaviors known in social
psychology literature and the most studied parameters in the opinion dynamics model …

In this paper, we investigate phase transitions in the majority-vote model coupled with noise
layers of different structures. We examine the square lattice and random-regular networks …

Collective dynamics is ubiquitous in various physical, biological, and social systems, where
simple local interactions between individual units lead to complex global patterns. A …

This paper examines the interplay of opinion exchange dynamics and communication
network formation. An opinion formation procedure is introduced which is based on an …

Public opinions play an important role in the formation of Not in My Back Yard (NIMBY)
conflict environmental mass events. Due to the continual interactions between affected …

An analytical treatment of a simple opinion model with contrarian behavior is presented. The
focus is on the stationary dynamics of the model and in particular on the effect of …