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
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