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About this paper
Angelika Abramiuk-Szurlej
Angelika Abramiuk-Szurlej explores the influence of anticonformity on innovation diffusion within an extended q-voter model, revealing that anticonformist behavior can accelerate early adoption and enable widespread diffusion, even if it might lead to a slightly lower final adoption level.
Key insights
- Anticonformity, contrary to common assumptions, can accelerate the early phase of innovation diffusion and enable successful widespread adoption in contexts where it would otherwise fail.
- There exists a trade-off where higher levels of anticonformity can lead to faster initial diffusion but may result in a slightly lower final concentration of adopters.
- Increasing the fraction of anticonformists reduces the critical threshold of independence required for successful diffusion, effectively expanding the parameter space where innovations can spread widely without requiring a large initial critical mass.
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