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Computational Social Science

WIREs Computational Statistics, 2010
AbstractThe social sciences investigate human and social dynamics and organization at all levels of analysis (consilience), including cognition, decision making, behavior, groups, organizations, societies, and the world system. Computational social science is the integrated, interdisciplinary pursuit of social inquiry with emphasis on information ...
Claudio Cioffi‐Revilla
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Serious Games and AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Computational Social Science [PDF]

IEEE Access, 2023
The gaming industry plays a crucial role in the realm of entertainment within our society. However, from Monopoly to Flight Simulators, serious games have also been appealing tools for learning a new language, conveying values, or training skills.
Jaime Pérez, Mario Castro, G. López
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Social science. Computational social science. [PDF]

Science, 2009
A field is emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data at a scale that may reveal patterns of individual and group behaviors.
Lazer D, Pentland A, Adamic L, Aral S, Barabasi AL, Brewer D, Christakis N, Contractor N, Fowler J, Gutmann M, Jebara T, King G, Macy M, Roy D, Van Alstyne M.   +14 more
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On Agent-Based Modelling and Computational Social Science [PDF]

Frontiers in Psychology, 2014
In the first part of the paper, the field of Agent-Based Modelling is discussed focusing on the role of generative theories, aiming at explaining phenomena by growing them.
Rosaria eConte, Mario ePaolucci
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Computational social science: Obstacles and opportunities [PDF]

Science, 2020
Data sharing, research ethics, and incentives must improve The field of computational social science (CSS) has exploded in prominence over the past decade, with thousands of papers published using observational data, experimental designs, and large-scale
D. Lazer, A. Pentland, D. Watts, Sinan Aral, S. Athey, N. Contractor, Deen Freelon, Sandra González-Bailón, Gary King, H. Margetts, Alondra Nelson, Matthew J. Salganik, M. Strohmaier, A. Vespignani, Claudia Wagner   +14 more
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Reformulating computational social science with citizen social science: the case of a community-based mental health care research

Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2023
Computational social science is being scrutinised and some concerns have been expressed with regards to the lack of transparency and inclusivity in some of the researches.
Isabelle Bonhoure, Anna Cigarini, Julián Vicens, Bàrbara Mitats, Josep Perelló   +4 more
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Mechanistic models in computational social science [PDF]

Frontiers in Physics, 2015
Quantitative social science is not only about regression analysis or, in general, data inference. Computer simulations of social mechanisms have an over 60 years long history. They have been used for many different purposes—to test scenarios, to test the
Petter eHolme, Fredrik eLiljeros
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Computational Social Science for Public Policy [PDF]

, 2023
Abstract Computational Social Science (CSS), which brings together the power of computational methods and the analytical rigour of the social sciences, has the potential to revolutionise policymaking. This growing field of research can help governments take advantage of large-scale data on human behaviour and provide policymakers with ...
Helen Margetts, Cosmina Dorobantu
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Core Concepts: Computational social science. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2016
Mann A.
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Caveat emptor, computational social science: Large-scale missing data in a widely-published Reddit corpus. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2018
Gaffney D, Matias JN.
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