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Indexed by:期刊论文

Date of Publication:2009-03-01

Journal:PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS

Included Journals:SCIE、EI、Scopus

Volume:388

Issue:5

Page Number:775-779

ISSN No.:0378-4371

Key Words:Social dynamics; Clusters; Subculture

Abstract:In this paper, a complex contact network is constructed as substrate for cultural diffusion. Agents are partitioned into "clusters", interpreted as sub-cultural groups. Cultural dissemination works both within the cluster and across clusters. To reflect connection intensity, an extra-cluster interaction damping coefficient is defined. The probability of interaction between agents through the intra-cluster contact is higher than through extra-cluster. Dynamical behavior of the cultural diffusion model is studied in this contact network. It is found that there is a critical value of extra-interaction intensity that separates the system from a multicultural to mono-cultural state for low values of the number of vectors (options) per cultural feature (attribute). (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.