Absence of Phase Transition in the Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen Model on Directed Barabási–Albert Networks

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Authors: Talia da Costa Rodrigues, D. S. M. Alencar, Tayroni Alencar Alves, Gladstone Alencar Alves, Francisco Welington Lima, J. A. Plascak
DOI: 10.3390/sym18030415
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Abstract

The phase transition in the Biswas–Chatterjee–Sen model on directed Barabási–Albert networks has been investigated by means of extensive Monte Carlo simulations with four and fifty neighbors. The relaxation time of the average opinion state of the network and its fourth-order Binder cumulant have been analyzed for several different network sizes. Contrary to what happens on regular lattices, the present results do not show any presence of critical points, or equivalently, an absence of a critical social temperature.

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Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence Theoretical and Computational Physics Complex Network Analysis Techniques

Publication details

Journal / source
Symmetry
Publisher
MDPI AG
Volume
18
Issue
3
Pages
415–415
Publication date
27 February 2026
Language
EN