Press 'RESET' before trying a new set of parameters or switching between the two default presets ('Disordered' and 'Polarized').

Each arrow represents an individual opinion. Opinion tolerance reflects the scaled fraction of similar opinions taken into account by each individual, e.g. 0.1 corresponds to 10% closest opinions. Degree of anticonformity reflects willingness of individuals to change their opinions, e.g. 0 corresponds to full conformity. For simplicity there are no varying emotional levels in this online simulator.

For a complete description of the model read: Romenskyy M, Spaiser V, Ihle T, Lobaskin V. 2018. Polarized Ukraine 2014: opinion and territorial split demonstrated with the Bounded Confidence XY model, parameterized by Twitter data. R. Soc. open sci. 5: 171935