Social Simulation for a Digital Society

Applications and Innovations in Computational Social Science

Diane Payne, Johan A. Elkink, Nial Friel, Thomas U. Grund, Tamara Hochstrasser, Pablo Lucas, Adrian Ottewill (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

VIII, 218 Seiten

2019 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-030-30297-9 (ISBN)

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"Social Simulation for a Digital Society" provides a cross-section of state-of-the-art research in social simulation and computational social science. With the availability of big data and faster computing power, the social sciences are undergoing a tremendous transformation. Research in computational social sciences has received considerable attention in the last few years, with advances in a wide range of methodologies and applications. Areas of application of computational methods range from the study of opinion and information dynamics in social networks, the formal modeling of resource use, the study of social conflict and cooperation to the development of cognitive models for social simulation and many more. This volume is based on the Social Simulation Conference of 2017 in Dublin and includes applications from across the social sciences, providing the reader with a demonstration of the highly versatile research in social simulation, with a particular focus on public policy relevance in a digital society. Chapters in the book include contributions to the methodology of simulation-based research, theoretical and philosophical considerations, as well as applied work. This book will appeal to students and researchers in the field.

Diane Payne was Associate Professor in Sociology and director of the Dynamics Lab for Computational Social Science at University College Dublin. She obtained her PhD from the University of Groningen and held positions at University of Cambridge and Trinity College Dublin before. Diane passed away in April 2019. Johan A. Elkink is Associate Professor in Social Science Research Methods at University College Dublin. He specialises in quantitative methods in political science, in particular simulation-based research and spatial econometrics. Besides applications in voting behaviour in referendums and national elections, he wrote on the international diffusion of democracy and the evolution of personalist regimes. His work appeared, among other outlets, in the Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, European Journal of Political Research and Electoral Studies.

Chapter 1: Social Simulation for a Digital Society: Introduction

Philosophical and technical considerations

Chapter 2: Ontological Politics in a World of Political Ontologies: More Realistic (Human) Agents for the Anthropocene?

Chapter 3: The Art of Iterating: Update-Strategies in Agent-Based Simulation

Chapter 4: Using Parallel Computing to Improve the Scalability of Models with BDI Agents

Applications to norm diffusion and collective action

Chapter 5: Information Diffusion as a Mechanism for Natural Evolution of Social Networks

Chapter 6: Remarks on the Convergence of Opinion Formation in the Presence of Self-interest and Conformity

Chapter 7: Inequality: Driver or Inhibitor of Collective Action?

Chapter 8: The Venezuelan System of Potato Production: A Simulation Model to Understand Roots of Deficiencies

Applications in geographyand urban development

Chapter 9: Governance of Transitions: A Simulation Experiment on Urban Transportation

Chapter 10: Evaluating the Impact of an Integrated Urban Design of Transport Infrastructure and Public Space on Human Behavior and Environmental Quality: A Case Study in Beijing

Chapter 11: Prescription for Urban Sprawl: Street Activeness Changes the City

Chapter 12: The Greater Dublin Region, Ireland: Experiences in Applying Urban Modelling in Regional Planning and Engaging between Scientists and Stakeholders

Chapter 13: Synthesising the Geography of Opportunity in Rural Irish Primary Schools

Chapter 14: Modelling Collaborative Knowledge Creation Processes: An Empirical Application to the Semiconductor Industry

Erscheinungsdatum	05.12.2019
Reihe/Serie	Springer Proceedings in Complexity
Zusatzinfo	VIII, 218 p. 58 illus., 37 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Themenwelt	Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Theorie / Studium
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Theoretische Physik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Empirische Sozialforschung
Schlagworte	applications of social simulation • changing mobility patterns • Complexity theory • Computational Social Sciences • Data-driven Science, Modeling and Theory Building • Digital Society • dublin 2017 • methods of social simulation • Opinion Dynamics • Public Policy • simulating human interaction • Social Simulation Conference
ISBN-10	3-030-30297-0 / 3030302970
ISBN-13	978-3-030-30297-9 / 9783030302979
Zustand	Neuware