Conditions of clustering, monoculture and Anomie.

<p>The figure shows the dependence of the average number of clusters in the Durkheimian model on the strength of the disintegrating force and the range of social influence. To generate it, we conducted computer simulations with agents, starting with initial consensus ( for all ). We restricted opinions to values between −250 and 250. We varied the strength of the disintegrating force between and in steps of 0.4. varied between and in steps of 0.2. For each parameter combination, we conducted 100 independent replications and assessed the average number of clusters formed after 250,000 iterations (see -axis and the color scale). The two transparent (gray) surfaces depict the inter-quartile range, which indicates a small variance in the number of clusters (and also typical cluster sizes) for each parameter combination. The horizontal grids indicate the borders of the three phases, as defined by us. An average cluster size below 1.5 indicates monoculture. Values between 1.5 and 31 reflect clustering. Finally, values above 31 correspond to opinion distributions that cannot be distinguished from random ones and represent a state of anomie.