Dynamic Social Networks In Agent Based Modelling

Author : Holzhauer, Sascha
Publisher : kassel university press GmbH
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783737602624

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Dynamic Social Networks in Agent-based Modelling by Holzhauer, Sascha Pdf

Agent-based modelling enables the explicit representation of entities and their interaction with each other and the environment, and so it became an important method to study complex systems. Social networks form an important part of agent-based social simulation, as they define the topology of agent interaction. This dissertation initially identifies important properties of social networks and their dynamics and reviews their representation in agent-based models of relevant domains. A classification of levels of detail for the network modelling components initialisation, dynamics of networks, and dynamics on networks is proposed and guides the identification of deficits. A formal, iterative evaluation framework is developed to quantitatively assess network modelling approaches under a set of weighted criteria (representativity, adjustability, validity, and efficiency). The framework is applied to an abstract model of opinion dynamics and to an empirically grounded model of social influence. A lifestyle-specific network survey is designed, conducted, and analysed and helps to ground the evaluation of the network modelling’s representativity on empirical data. The study finds significant differences of degree and distance distributions as well as in the composition of ego networks between lifestyles. New network modelling approaches are developed to account for requirements in agent-based models such as agent-type specific link preferences, degree and distance distributions, community structures, and interaction dynamics. The comparison of simple to elaborated network modelling for the application models shows a significant impact on simulation results, highlighting the need for informed decisions about suitable approaches.

Author : Akira Namatame,Shu-Heng Chen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780198708285

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Agent-based Modeling and Network Dynamics by Akira Namatame,Shu-Heng Chen Pdf

Annotation This book offers a unique treatment of agent-based models. Through the introduction of the two families of models, namely, network-based agent-based models and agent-based models of social networks, it reviews important contributions in a chronological order providing an overall picture of the research stream.

Author : Namatame
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0191779407

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Agent Based Models and Network Dynamics by Namatame Pdf

Author : Koen H. van Dam,Igor Nikolic,Zofia Lukszo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-08
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9789400749337

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Agent-Based Modelling of Socio-Technical Systems by Koen H. van Dam,Igor Nikolic,Zofia Lukszo Pdf

Decision makers in large scale interconnected network systems require simulation models for decision support. The behaviour of these systems is determined by many actors, situated in a dynamic, multi-actor, multi-objective and multi-level environment. How can such systems be modelled and how can the socio-technical complexity be captured? Agent-based modelling is a proven approach to handle this challenge. This book provides a practical introduction to agent-based modelling of socio-technical systems, based on a methodology that has been developed at TU Delft and which has been deployed in a large number of case studies. The book consists of two parts: the first presents the background, theory and methodology as well as practical guidelines and procedures for building models. In the second part this theory is applied to a number of case studies, where for each model the development steps are presented extensively, preparing the reader for creating own models.

Author : Alexander Tarvid
Publisher : Springer
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319265391

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Agent-Based Modelling of Social Networks in Labour–Education Market System by Alexander Tarvid Pdf

This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks is stressed. The approach of agent-based modelling is presented and compared with standard economic modelling and other simulation techniques in the context of modelling complex adaptive systems. Practical questions in building agent-based models of labour–education market system with social networks are discussed. These questions include modelling the structure of education system and agent behaviour there; modelling and calibrating the labour market without and with firms; generating the social network, defining its behaviour and calibrating it; and embedding the resulting system into a larger model.

Author : Alison J. Heppenstall,Andrew T. Crooks,Linda M. See,Michael Batty
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9048189276

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Agent-Based Models of Geographical Systems by Alison J. Heppenstall,Andrew T. Crooks,Linda M. See,Michael Batty Pdf

This unique book brings together a comprehensive set of papers on the background, theory, technical issues and applications of agent-based modelling (ABM) within geographical systems. This collection of papers is an invaluable reference point for the experienced agent-based modeller as well those new to the area. Specific geographical issues such as handling scale and space are dealt with as well as practical advice from leading experts about designing and creating ABMs, handling complexity, visualising and validating model outputs. With contributions from many of the world’s leading research institutions, the latest applied research (micro and macro applications) from around the globe exemplify what can be achieved in geographical context. This book is relevant to researchers, postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students, and professionals in the areas of quantitative geography, spatial analysis, spatial modelling, social simulation modelling and geographical information sciences.

Author : Peter Hedström,Peter Bearman
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 795 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780191615238

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The Oxford Handbook of Analytical Sociology by Peter Hedström,Peter Bearman Pdf

Analytical sociology is a strategy for understanding the social world. It is concerned with explaining important social facts such as network structures, patterns of residential segregation, typical beliefs, cultural tastes, and common ways of acting. It explains such facts by detailing in clear and precise ways the mechanisms through which the social facts were brought about. Making sense of the relationship between micro and macro thus is one of the central concerns of analytical sociology. The approach is a contemporary incarnation of Robert K. Merton's notion of middle-range theory and presents a vision of sociological theory as a tool-box of semi-general theories each of which is adequate for explaining certain types of phenomena. The Handbook brings together some of the most prominent sociologists in the world. Some of the chapters focus on action and interaction as the cogs and wheels of social processes, while others consider the dynamic social processes that these actions and interactions bring about.

Author : Mengbin Ye
Publisher : Springer
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030106065

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Opinion Dynamics and the Evolution of Social Power in Social Networks by Mengbin Ye Pdf

This book uses rigorous mathematical analysis to advance opinion dynamics models for social networks in three major directions. First, a novel model is proposed to capture how a discrepancy between an individual’s private and expressed opinions can develop due to social pressures that arise in group situations or through extremists deliberately shaping public opinion. Detailed theoretical analysis of the final opinion distribution is followed by use of the model to study Asch’s seminal experiments on conformity, and the phenomenon of pluralistic ignorance. Second, the DeGroot-Friedkin model for evolution of an individual’s social power (self-confidence) is developed in a number of directions. The key result establishes that an individual’s initial social power is forgotten exponentially fast, even when the network changes over time; eventually, an individual’s social power depends only on the (changing) network structure. Last, a model for the simultaneous discussion of multiple logically interdependent topics is proposed. To ensure that a consensus across the opinions of all individuals is achieved, it turns out that the interpersonal interactions must be weaker than an individual’s introspective cognitive process for establishing logical consistency among the topics. Otherwise, the individual may experience cognitive overload and the opinion system becomes unstable. Conclusions of interest to control engineers, social scientists, and researchers from other relevant disciplines are discussed throughout the thesis with support from both social science and control literature.

Author : Francesco C. Billari
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 684 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2006-03-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 379081640X

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Agent-Based Computational Modelling by Francesco C. Billari Pdf

The present book describes the methodology to set up agent-based models and to study emerging patterns in complex adaptive systems resulting from multi-agent interaction. It offers the application of agent-based models in demography, social and economic sciences and environmental sciences. Examples include population dynamics, evolution of social norms, communication structures, patterns in eco-systems and socio-biology, natural resource management, spread of diseases and development processes. It presents and combines different approaches how to implement agent-based computational models and tools in an integrative manner that can be extended to other cases.

Author : Michal Hodoň,Gerald Eichler,Christian Erfurth,Günter Fahrnberger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319934082

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Innovations for Community Services by Michal Hodoň,Gerald Eichler,Christian Erfurth,Günter Fahrnberger Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Innovations for Community Services, I4CS 2018, held in Žilina, Slovakia, in June 2018. The 14 revised full papers and the three revised short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on architectures and management; data analytics and models; community and public collaboration; innovations and digital transformation.

Author : Tom Brughmans,Barbara J. Mills,Jessica Munson,Matthew A. Peeples
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780192596178

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The Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Network Research by Tom Brughmans,Barbara J. Mills,Jessica Munson,Matthew A. Peeples Pdf

Network research has recently been adopted as one of the tools of the trade in archaeology, used to study a wide range of topics: interactions between island communities, movements through urban spaces, visibility in past landscapes, material culture similarity, exchange, and much more. This Handbook is the first authoritative reference work for archaeological network research, featuring current topical trends and covering the archaeological application of network methods and theories. This is elaborately demonstrated through substantive topics and case studies drawn from a breadth of periods and cultures in world archaeology. It highlights and further develops the unique contributions made by archaeological research to network science, especially concerning the development of spatial and material culture network methods and approaches to studying long-term network change. This is the go-to resource for students and scholars wishing to explore how network science can be applied in archaeology through an up-to-date overview of the field.

Author : Thomas Friemel
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2008-11-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783531911847

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Why Context Matters by Thomas Friemel Pdf

In the last few years there has been a growing interest in using computers not only for quantitative but also for qualitative content analyses of various kinds of texts and unstructured interviews (Fielding and Lee 1993, Kelle 1998, Kuckartz 2001, Miles and Huberman 2005, Lewins and Silver 2007). This trend has given rise to the development of new software products such as MAXqda, NVivo, NUD. IST, and ATLAS. ti, which can be used for automatic coding, text retrieval, hyp- linking of related text segments, etc. Some of these programs such as ATLAS. ti or MAXqda even allow to represent the results of qualitative content analyses in graphical form as semantic networks of coded texts (Sowa 1984: 76 ff. , Lewins and Silver 2007: 179 ff. ). Such networks consist of 1. text segments or so-called quotations, which generally constitute a n- overlapping partition of the analyzed text corpus, 2. codes, which are classificatory attributes of the mentioned text segments, 3. links, which are the result of the content analytic coding and describe the attribute relations between the mentioned codes and quotations. Minestrone Soup Non-Eggs Ticinese Leek soup White wine Vegetables Romandie Figure 1: An example of a semantic network of a coded text: soup recipes from Latin Switzer- 1 land Fig.

Author : Robert Thomson,Samer Al-khateeb,Annetta Burger,Patrick Park,Aryn A. Pyke
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783031431296

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Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling by Robert Thomson,Samer Al-khateeb,Annetta Burger,Patrick Park,Aryn A. Pyke Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Modeling, SBP-BRiMS 2023, which was held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA in September 2023. The 31 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 73 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections as follows: Detecting malign influence; human behavior modeling; and social-cyber behavior modeling.

Author : Setsuya Kurahashi,Hiroshi Takahashi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811318498

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Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence by Setsuya Kurahashi,Hiroshi Takahashi Pdf

This book thoroughly prepares intermediate-level readers for research in social science, organization studies, economics, finance, marketing science, and business science as complex adaptive systems. It presents the advantages of social simulation studies and business intelligence to those who are not familiar with the computational research approach, and offers experienced modelers various instructive examples of using agent-based modeling and business intelligence approaches to inspire their own work. In addition, the book discusses cutting-edge techniques for complex adaptive systems using their applications. To date, business science studies have focused only on data science and analyses of business problems. However, using these studies to enhance the capabilities of conventional techniques in the fields has not been investigated adequately. This book addresses managing the issues of societies, firms, and organizations to profit from interaction with agent-based modeling, human- and computer- mixed systems, and business intelligence approaches, an area that is fundamental for complex but bounded rational business environments. With detailed research by leading authors in the field, Innovative Approaches in Agent-Based Modelling and Business Intelligence inspires readers to join with other disciplines and extend the scope of the book with their own unique contributions. It also includes the common challenges encountered in computational social science and business science to enable researchers, students, and professionals to resolve their own problems.

Author : National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Human Factors
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780309089524

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Dynamic Social Network Modeling and Analysis by National Research Council,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Board on Behavioral, Cognitive, and Sensory Sciences,Committee on Human Factors Pdf

In the summer of 2002, the Office of Naval Research asked the Committee on Human Factors to hold a workshop on dynamic social network and analysis. The primary purpose of the workshop was to bring together scientists who represent a diversity of views and approaches to share their insights, commentary, and critiques on the developing body of social network analysis research and application. The secondary purpose was to provide sound models and applications for current problems of national importance, with a particular focus on national security. This workshop is one of several activities undertaken by the National Research Council that bears on the contributions of various scientific disciplines to understanding and defending against terrorism. The presentations were grouped in four sessions â€" Social Network Theory Perspectives, Dynamic Social Networks, Metrics and Models, and Networked Worlds â€" each of which concluded with a discussant-led roundtable discussion among the presenters and workshop attendees on the themes and issues raised in the session.