Nonlinear Voter Models: The Transition from Invasion to Coexistence

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2003-07-30

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307742v3

European Physical Journal B, vol 67 (2009) 301-318

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Completely revised and extended version, new results and interpretation. 39 pages, 24 figures. European Physical Journal B, vo

Scientific paper

10.1140/epjb/e2009-00001-3

In nonlinear voter models the transitions between two states depend in a nonlinear manner on the frequencies of these states in the neighborhood. We investigate the role of these nonlinearities on the global outcome of the dynamics for a homogeneous network where each node is connected to $m=4$ neighbors. The paper unfolds in two directions. We first develop a general stochastic framework for frequency dependent processes from which we derive the macroscopic dynamics for key variables, such as global frequencies and correlations. Explicite expressions for both the mean-field limit and the pair approximation are obtained. We then apply these equations to determine a phase diagram in the parameter space that distinguishes between different dynamic regimes. The pair approximation allows us to identify three regimes for nonlinear voter models: (i) complete invasion, (ii) random coexistence, and -- most interestingly -- (iii) correlated coexistence. These findings are contrasted with predictions from the mean-field phase diagram and are confirmed by extensive computer simulations of the microscopic dynamics.

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