Statistical mechanics of opinion formation and collective behavior: Micro‐sociology

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• Corresponding author. Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, Campus Box 450, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309–0450, USA.
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• E. Passerini was supported by National Science Foundation Grant CMS‐9312647 to the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA.
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