?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Boundary+effects+in+a+three-state+modified+voter+model+for+languages+%0D%0A&rft.creator=Hadzibeganovic%2C+Tarik&rft.creator=Stauffer%2C+Dietrich&rft.creator=Schulze%2C+Christian&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Statistical+Models&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Social+simulation&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.description=The+standard+three-state+voter+model+is+enlarged+by+including+the+outside+pressure+favouring+one+of+the+three+language+choices+and+by+adding+some+biased+internal+random+noise.+The+Monte+Carlo+simulations+are+motivated+by+states+with+the+population+divided+into+three+groups+of+various+affinities+to+each+other.+We+show+the+crucial+influence+of+the+boundaries+for+moderate+lattice+sizes+like+500+x+500.+By+removing+the+fixed+boundary+at+one+side%2C+we+demonstrate+that+this+can+lead+to+the+victory+of+one+single+choice.+Noise+in+contrast+stabilizes+the+choices+of+all+three+populations.+In+addition%2C+we+compute+the+persistence+probability%2C+i.e.%2C+the+number+of+sites+who+have+never+changed+their+opinion+during+the+simulation%2C+and+we+consider+the+case+of+%E2%80%9Drigid-minded%E2%80%9D+decision+makers.&rft.date=2007-12-12&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5911%2F1%2FHadzibeganovic_Stauffer_Schulze1.pdf&rft.identifier=++Hadzibeganovic%2C+Tarik+and+Stauffer%2C+Dietrich+and+Schulze%2C+Christian++(2007)+Boundary+effects+in+a+three-state+modified+voter+model+for+languages.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5911%2F