Book
Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. (Also available at Amazon)
This volume describes frontiers in social-behavioral modeling for contexts as diverse as national security, health, and on-line social gaming. Recent scientific and technological advances have created exciting opportunities for such improvements. However, the book also identifies crucial scientific, ethical, and cultural challenges to be met if social-behavioral modeling is to achieve its potential. Doing so will require new methods, data sources, and technology. The volume discusses these, including those needed to achieve and maintain high standards of ethics and privacy. The result should be a new generation of modeling that will advance science and, separately, aid decision-making on major social and security-related subjects despite the myriad uncertainties and complexities of social phenomena.
In brief, the volume discusses:
- Cutting-edge challenges and opportunities in modeling for social and behavioral science
- Special requirements for achieving high standards of privacy and ethics
- New approaches for developing theory while exploiting both empirical and computational data
- Issues of reproducibility, communication, explanation, and validation
- Special requirements for models intended to inform decision making about complex social systems
Chapters in Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems
“Understanding and Improving the Human Condition: A Vision of the Future for Social-Behavioral Modeling,” Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, in Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. 3-14.
“Improving Social-Behavioral Modeling,” Paul K. Davis and Angela O’Mahony, in Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. 15-48.
“Ethical and Privacy Issues in Social-Behavioral Research,” Rebecca Balebako, Angela O’Mahony, Paul K. Davis and Osonde A. Osoba, in Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. 15-48.
“Building on Social Science: Theoretic Foundations for Modelers,” Benjamin Nyblade, Angela O’Mahony and Katharine Sieck, in Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. 65-100.
“Panel Discussion: Moving Social-Behavioral Modeling Forward,” Angela O’Mahony, Paul K. Davis, Scott Appling, Matthew E. Brashears, Erica Briscoe, Kathleen M. Carley, Joshua M. Epstein, Luke J. Matthews, Theodore P. Pavlic, William Rand, Scott Neal Reilly, William B. Rouse, Samarth Swarup, Andreas Tolk, Raffaele Vardavas, and Levent Yilmaz, in Paul K. Davis, Angela O’Mahony and Jonathan Pfautz, eds. Social-Behavioral Modeling for Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. 2019. 753-785.
Other Chapters by Angela O’Mahony
“Territory and War: State Size and Patterns of Interstate Conflict.” In Miles Kahler and Barbara Walter, eds., Territoriality and Conflict in an Era of Globalization, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. With David A. Lake.
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