Empiricism for descriptive social network models

@article{citeulike:2878696, abstract = {Social complex system modeling is at the core of a recent interdisciplinary effort, in which statistical physics has been playing a notable role; yet, the unfrequent validation of behavioral hypotheses possibly leads to normative rather than descriptive models, plausibly less appealing to social scientists. An epistemological insight and hindsight on this whole program is proposed, emphasizing a strong empirical methodology which extends to low-level agent-based dynamics. Special attention is given to the recent interest in knowledge diffusion models.}, author = {Roth, Camille }, booktitle = {Social network analysis: Measuring tools, structures and dynamics, Social Network Analysis and Complexity}, citeulike-article-id = {2878696}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.045}, journal = {Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications}, keywords = {complex, systems}, month = {May}, number = {1}, pages = {53--58}, posted-at = {2008-06-10 08:16:32}, priority = {2}, title = {Empiricism for descriptive social network models}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.045}, volume = {378}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2878696 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2878696 N2 - Social complex system modeling is at the core of a recent interdisciplinary effort, in which statistical physics has been playing a notable role; yet, the unfrequent validation of behavioral hypotheses possibly leads to normative rather than descriptive models, plausibly less appealing to social scientists. An epistemological insight and hindsight on this whole program is proposed, emphasizing a strong empirical methodology which extends to low-level agent-based dynamics. Special attention is given to the recent interest in knowledge diffusion models. IS - 1 JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications EP - 58 TI - Empiricism for descriptive social network models VL - 378 T2 - Social network analysis: Measuring tools, structures and dynamics, Social Network Analysis and Complexity SP - 53 KW - complex KW - systems AU - Roth, Camille PY - 2007/05/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2006.11.045 ER -