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PHYSICS LETTERS A
Volume 379, Issue 3, Pages 89-94Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2014.11.021
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- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de sao Paulo (FAPESP) [2009/08186-0]
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Sao Paulo (FAPESP) [09/08186-0] Funding Source: FAPESP
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A model for Opinion Particles, based on Bayesian-inspired models of Opinion Dynamics such as the CODA model, is presented. By extending the discrete time characteristic of those models to continuous time, a theory for the movement of opinion particles is obtained, based only on inference ideas. This will allow inertia to be obtained as a consequence of an extended CODA model. For the general case, we will see that the likelihoods are associated with variables such as velocity and acceleration of the particles. Newtonian forces are easily defined and the relationship between a force and the equivalent likelihood provided. The case of the harmonic oscillator is solved as an example, to illustrate clearly the relationship between Opinion Particles and Mechanics. Finally, possible paths to apply these results to General Relativity are debated. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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