%0 Journal Article %1 Palombi2014Stochastic %A Palombi, Filippo %A Toti, Simona %D 2014 %J Journal of Statistical Physics %K elections, voter-model social-networks %N 2 %P 336--367 %R 10.1007/s10955-014-1003-1 %T Stochastic Dynamics of the Multi-State Voter Model Over a Network Based on Interacting Cliques and Zealot Candidates %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-014-1003-1 %V 156 %X The stochastic dynamics of the multi-state voter model is investigated on a class of complex networks made of non-overlapping cliques, each hosting a political candidate and interacting with the others via Erd\Hos-Rényi links. Numerical simulations of the model are interpreted in terms of an ad-hoc mean field theory, specifically tuned to resolve the inter/intra-clique interactions. Under a proper definition of the thermodynamic limit (with the average degree of the agents kept fixed while increasing the network size), the model is found to display the empirical scaling discovered by Fortunato and Castellano (2007) 1 and the vote distribution resembles qualitatively that observed in Brazilian elections.

@article{Palombi2014Stochastic, abstract = {The stochastic dynamics of the multi-state voter model is investigated on a class of complex networks made of non-overlapping cliques, each hosting a political candidate and interacting with the others via Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi links. Numerical simulations of the model are interpreted in terms of an ad-hoc mean field theory, specifically tuned to resolve the inter/intra-clique interactions. Under a proper definition of the thermodynamic limit (with the average degree of the agents kept fixed while increasing the network size), the model is found to display the empirical scaling discovered by Fortunato and Castellano (2007) [1] and the vote distribution resembles qualitatively that observed in Brazilian elections.}, added-at = {2019-06-10T14:53:09.000+0200}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, author = {Palombi, Filippo and Toti, Simona}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f7424ccff319444fcd8215f118943b43/nonancourt}, citeulike-article-id = {12605324}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-014-1003-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0396}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/1309.0396}, day = 6, doi = {10.1007/s10955-014-1003-1}, eprint = {1309.0396}, interhash = {848771d5ae06e0448340ab6f28dd9718}, intrahash = {f7424ccff319444fcd8215f118943b43}, issn = {1572-9613}, journal = {Journal of Statistical Physics}, keywords = {elections, voter-model social-networks}, month = may, number = 2, pages = {336--367}, posted-at = {2013-09-03 12:06:50}, priority = {2}, timestamp = {2019-07-31T12:32:03.000+0200}, title = {{Stochastic Dynamics of the Multi-State Voter Model Over a Network Based on Interacting Cliques and Zealot Candidates}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10955-014-1003-1}, volume = 156, year = 2014 }