The influence of cellular automaton topology on the opinion formation

Abstract

We use the Cellular Automata to study the process of opinion formation in the community. The crucial property characterizing the existing models is the method of updating the system. In the paper we choose the randomized Glauber method and concentrate on the influence of topology of the system on the opinion understood as the support for specific real parties. We study also the relation between the topology and the parameters of the Glauber method. We propose to perform the analysis of the results based on the Fourier transform. This form of presentation discloses some interesting properties of both real-world and simulation results.