A conditional Curie-Weiss model for stylized multi-group binary choice with social interaction

DOI10.1007/s10955-018-1988-yzbMath1392.82078OpenAlexW2793599262WikidataQ130194118 ScholiaQ130194118MaRDI QIDQ1753947

Richard Kwame Ansah, Kwame Owusu Edusei, Alex Akwasi Opoku

Publication date: 29 May 2018

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10955-018-1988-y

zbMATH Keywords

critical temperaturephase transitionsocial utilityexternal fieldbinary choicesocial interactionCurie-Weiss modelprivate utility

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Decision theory (91B06) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Large deviations (60F10) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Processes in random environments (60K37) Social choice (91B14) Applications of statistical mechanics to specific types of physical systems (82D99)

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