Computational sociology | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 06/12/2018

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Computational sociology


00:01:28 1 History
00:01:36 1.1 Background
00:03:29 1.2 Systems theory and structural functionalism
00:05:07 1.3 Macrosimulation and microsimulation
00:06:32 1.4 Cellular automata and agent-based modeling
00:09:34 1.5 Data mining and social network analysis
00:11:55 1.6 Computational content analysis
00:13:07 2 Challenges
00:13:28 2.1 Levels and their interactions
00:15:24 2.2 Culture modeling
00:16:01 2.3 Experimentation and evaluation
00:16:33 2.4 Model choice and model complexities
00:16:58 2.4.1 Generative models
00:17:34 2.4.2 Heterogeneous or ensemble models
00:18:14 3 Impact
00:18:29 3.1 Impact on science
00:18:57 3.2 Impact on society
00:19:27 4 Journals and academic publications
00:19:53 5 Associations, conferences and workshops
00:20:14 6 Academic programs, departments and degrees
00:21:17 7 Centers and institutes
00:21:26 7.1 USA
00:22:42 7.2 Europe
00:23:29 7.3 Asia
00:23:44 8 See also



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Computational sociology is a branch of sociology that uses computationally intensive methods to analyze and model social phenomena. Using computer simulations, artificial intelligence, complex statistical methods, and analytic approaches like social network analysis, computational sociology develops and tests theories of complex social processes through bottom-up modeling of social interactions.It involves the understanding of social agents, the interaction among these agents, and the effect of these interactions on the social aggregate. Although the subject matter and methodologies in social science differ from those in natural science or computer science, several of the approaches used in contemporary social simulation originated from fields such as physics and artificial intelligence. Some of the approaches that originated in this field have been imported into the natural sciences, such as measures of network centrality from the fields of social network analysis and network science.
In relevant literature, computational sociology is often related to the study of social complexity. Social complexity concepts such as complex systems, non-linear interconnection among macro and micro process, and emergence, have entered the vocabulary of computational sociology. A practical and well-known example is the construction of a computational model in the form of an "artificial society", by which researchers can analyze the structure of a social system.