Sociology: - Social science that explores and study human society - Makes use o empirical in!estigation "also kno#n as positi!ism$ #hich is a philosophy which accepts only things that can be seen or proved) and critical analysis (examination of society and culture) so as to develop theories about human social activity. - Focuses includes social stratification, religion, secularization, modernity, culture and deviance. - Approaches include qualitative and quantitative research techniques. - ew mathematical and computation techniques li!e agent based modelling and social network analysis has been used in recent decades Agent based modelling: - a model simulating actions and interactions %et#een autonomous agents to ind out the eect on the system& - So as to predict complex phenomena %y using simple rule to generate complex %eha!iour& - Make use o game theory$ complex systems$ computational sociology$ multi-agent systems$ and evolutionary programming& Game theory: - 'pplied mathematics used in social science especially in economics$ %iology$ engineering$ political science$ international relation$ computer science and philosophy& - The main purpose it to mathematically capture %eha!iour in strategic situations$ #here an indi!idual(s choice is inluenced %y others choices& - Type o games) 1* +ooperati!e or non-cooperati!e) ' game is cooperati!e i players are re,uired to ollo# their promises& -n non-cooperati!e games$ players make independent decisions& They may cooperate ne!ertheless$ %ut any cooperation is enorced %y the players themsel!es& .* Symmetrical and asymmetric) ' symmetric game is #here the %eneit rom a certain strategy depends on only the strategy employed and not the players themsel!es& - identities o players can %e changed #ithout changing the payo$ the game is symmetrical& /ne example is the chicken game$ #here each player reuses to gi!e in$ #hich #ill result in the #orst possi%le result& T#o cars in a collision course epitomi0e this game& - %oth cars reuse to gi!e in$ %oth car #ill crash& 1o#e!er$ i one car s#er!es$ nothing #ill happen& The chicken game is also used to descri%e the M'D "mutually assured destruction* o nuclear #arare& ' asymmetric game is #here players ha!e dierent sets o strategy& 'n example is the ultimatum game$ #here %y players decide ho# to di!ide a sum o money& /ne player can propose ho# to di!ide the sum o money #hile the other can accept or re2ect this proposal& - he accepts $ the money is split %ut i he re2ect$ %oth player recei!e nothing& Since this game is played only once$ either player can %e the one to choose to di!ide the sum o money& 3* Zero-sum and non-0ero-sum) -n 0ero sum games$ the players can not alter the ,uantity o resources& 'll the %eneit add up to 0ero& ' player %eneits the same amount another player loses& -n non-0ero-sum-game the net resources can %e greater or lesser than 0ero& Complex systems: - represent organised %ut unpredicta%le %eha!iour o systems o nature that are complex& - -t is used to model processes in %iology$ physics and economics - 'll complex system ha!e interconnected components$ making net#ork theory pertinent to the study o complex system& Computational sociology: - +omputer simulations$ artiicial intelligence$ complex statistical methods as #ell as social net#ork analysis are used to analyse social phenomena& - +omputation sociology is also related to the study o social complexity& +omplex systems$ non-linear interconnection %et#een macro and micro processes and emergence ha!e %ecome part o the concept o computational sociology& - The construction o an artiicial society exempliies such a model$ #here a social system can %e analysed& Multi-agents system: - ' multi-agent system "M'S* composes o multiple interacting intelligent agents and it is used to sol!e pro%lems that cannot %e sol!ed %y indi!idual agent& - Such pro%lems include online trading$ disaster response$ and modelling social structures& - The agents are autonomous$ ha!e local !ie#s and there is no control agent& evolutionary programming - -t is used to stimulate e!olution so as to create artiical intelligence& - 3!olutionary programme has no ixed structure& 1o#e!er$ it is the numerical parameters that change$ not the program structure& social network analysis: - Social net#ork analysis is the mapping o relationships %et#een !arious groups o people or organisation& The nodes in the net#ork represent the indi!idual #hile links sho# relationship %et#een them& - Social net#ork acti!ity is measured using the num%er o direct connections an indi!idual has& - The net#ork paths are not all e,ual& The shorter paths are more important&
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