The voter model, see e.g. [141], and the Axelrod model of cultural trait dynamics [31] have inspired very many agent-based studies of the dynamics of opinions and cultural evolution. This project starts from the voter and Axelrod model and then looks at generalisations which include aspects of evolutionary dynamics of entangled agents.
(a) Describe the dynamics of the voter model as e.g. presented in [141].
(b) What are the salient features of the Axelrod model [31]?

(c) On the basis of (a) and (b), briefly describe the structure and dynamics of the Tangled Worldview Model of Opinion Dynamics presented in [357].
(d) According to [357], what are the conditions under which opinions polarise?
(e) Why is the dynamics of the Tangled Worldview Model intermittent?
(f) Briefly relate the cultural evolution model in [313], called the Tangled Axelrod Model, to the voter model and the original Axelrod model.
(g) Why is the dynamics of the model in [313] intermittent?
(h) How would you rate the Tangled Worldview Model and the Tangled Axelrod Model according to the O’Keeffe–Einstein propositions?