BANISCH, SVEN; ARAÚJO, TANYA; LOUÇÃ, JORGE - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 13 (2010) 01, pp. 95-111
This paper examines the interplay of opinion exchange dynamics and communication network formation. An opinion formation procedure is introduced which is based on an abstract representation of opinions as k-dimensional bit-strings. Individuals interact if the difference in the opinion strings is...