Title :
Engineering trade-offs in social organization: The beginnings of a computational social science
Author :
Cebrian, Manuel ; Pentland, Alex
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The paper discusses the characterization of an individual´s behaviour in a social network by capturing their activity through a multitude of sensor, the chief sensor being the cellular phones. The author presents the behavioural analysis with the use of computational social science.
Keywords :
behavioural sciences; cellular radio; social networking (online); social sciences; behavioural analys; cellular phone; computational social science; individual behaviour; social network; social organization; Information analysis; Knowledge based systems; Predictive models; Social factors; Social implications of technology; Social network services; Socioloogy;
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MIM.2011.5773531
