Evolving voter model

Evolving voter model

Probability Seminar
Aug 29, 2012, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM | 332 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Rick Durrett, Duke University
In the evolving voter model we choose oriented edges (x,y) at random. If the two individuals have the same opinion, nothing happens. If not, x imitates y with probability 1-alpha, and otherwise severs the connection with y and picks a new neighbor at random (i) from the graph, or (ii) from those with the same opinion as x. One model has a discontinuous...