• DocumentCode
    2934676
  • Title

    A Model for Cultural Attributes

  • Author

    Seychell, Dylan ; Dingli, Alexiei ; Debono, Carl J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Intell. Syst., Univ. of Malta, Msida, Malta
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    14-16 Nov. 2012
  • Firstpage
    277
  • Lastpage
    282
  • Abstract
    One of the challenges when predicting human behavior is the variation of the same behavior in relation to the culture of the individual in question. This paper demonstrates a technique that can be employed in order to predict certain individual cultural attributes based on a regression model that considers age, gender and nationality. The technique makes use of the data set collected through the World Values Survey. An equation based on the Multinomial Logistic Regression was derived in order to extract the values of the designated cultural attributes with respect to the given parameters. This paper briefly explores the World Values Survey together with the theory behind this concept that lead to the composition of a set of equations. A possible application of this model is also presented.
  • Keywords
    age issues; behavioural sciences; cultural aspects; gender issues; regression analysis; World Values Survey; age; cultural attributes; gender; human behavior prediction; multinomial logistic regression model; nationality; Cultural differences; Equations; Humans; Logistics; Mathematical model; Predictive models; Psychology; Multinomial Logistic Regression; Simulating Cultures; World Values Survey;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computer Modeling and Simulation (EMS), 2012 Sixth UKSim/AMSS European Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Valetta
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4977-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EMS.2012.39
  • Filename
    6410165