We present results of semi-automated annotation of dialogue data collected from 5,200 gameplay logs from The Restaurant Game (http://www.theRestaurantGame.net), and show that classified dialogue acts can function effectively as a common currency for modeling behavior with interleaved physical actions and words.

Micro and macro properties of social system should be taken as relative poles of a two dimensional continuum since every debate on social system will however shift to the discussion on the two levels of description. This is consistently used as perspective to see massive social conflict. We propose analysis of the emerging conflict on its micro-causations by using computer simulations. We const...

For the last 15 years we have been exploring notions of design and social media as means to foster highly engaging as well as effective educational environments. We have created what we call social computational thinking tools with the goal to synthesize human abilities with computer affordances. This presentation will outline three social computational thinking tools and discuss how they have ...

Simulation is an increasingly popular way of describing social models, alternative to other two symbol systems: the verbal argumentation and the mathematical one. The advantage is the high portability on computers; programs can then be used to model either quantitative theories or qualitative ones. There are mainly two approaches: Process Simulation, which is generally used to create models of ...

The basis of this research project is the computer simulation of the emergence of ethnicity and cultural differentiation in prehistoric hunter-gatherer groups. Instead of working directly on a universal theoretical model, we have preferred a predictive simulation of a historical case (ancient Patagonia) where the knowledge about the simulated social system is available at the necessary level of...

The aim of this paper is to show how to do social simulation in logic. In order to meet this objective we present a dynamic logic with assignments, tests, sequential and nondeterministic composition, and bounded and non-bounded iteration. We show that our logic allows to represent and reason about a paradigmatic example of social simulation: Schelling’s segregation game. We also build a bridge ...

The efficient continuous-time simulation of linked lives in demography implies specific challenges. The resulting agent-based models constitute time-inhomogeneous Markov chains which require stochastic simulation algorithms. Each agent is characterized by diverse attributes, including a specific position in a dynamically evolving social network which influences the agent’s behavior. This hamper...

Simulation is an increasingly popular way of describing social models, alternative to other two symbol systems: the verbal argumentation and the mathematical one. The advantage is the high portability on computers; programs can then be used to model either quantitative theories or qualitative ones. There are mainly two approaches: Process Simulation, which is generally used to create models of ...

Appropriate ranking algorithms and incentive mechanisms are essential to the creation of high-quality information by users of a social network. However, evaluating such mechanisms in a quantifiable way is a difficult problem. Studies of live social networks of limited utility, due to the subjective nature of ranking and the lack of experimental control. Simulation provides a valuable alternativ...

The use of computer simulation techniques for the study of social phenomena, or Social Simulation, is a relatively new field (Gibert & Troitzch, 2005). By using Multi Agent Simulation (MAS) techniques, among others, social scientists are able to explore “what if” scenarios of emergent behaviors in complex social systems. However, the Social Simulation method faces many challenges : a) human sub...