The Axelrod Model
Graduate Student Colloquium
The Axelrod Model
Series: Graduate Student Colloquium
Location: ENR2 S395
Presenter: Conner Hatton
The Axelrod model is a spatial stochastic model for the dynamics of cultures that includes two key social mechanisms: homophily and social influence. Homophily is the tendency of individuals to interact more frequently with individuals who are similar and social influence is the phenomenon that individuals tend to become more similar when they interact. In this talk, I will discuss some results for the Axelrod model when the underlying network is the integer lattice and the interaction is nearest neighbor. We will analyze the model via a coupled system of annihilating and coalescing random walks. We will then conclude with some open problems and some simulations.