Simulations of Group Dynamics with Different Models

Jürgen Klüver () and Christina Klüver ()
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Jürgen Klüver: https://www.uni-due.de/cobasc/
Christina Klüver: http://www.cobasc.de

Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 2003, vol. 6, issue 4, 8

Abstract: A socio-matrix (or Moreno matrix) describes relations between members of a group. Such a matrix can also be used to predict the dynamics of a group, i.e., the behaviour of the group members is determined by the values of the matrix. Several different models are used to analyse group dynamics based on Moreno matrices, namely a cellular automaton (CA), a Kohonen feature map (KFM), an interactive neural net (IN), and a genetic algorithm (GA). The results of the different models are compared; the models produce rather similar effects. In addition the predictions of the models are compared with empirical observations with respect to groups of students and children in a summer camp. The models are quite efficient in predicting real social behaviour.

Keywords: group dynamics; Moreno matrix; model comparison (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003-10-31
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