TY - GEN
T1 - Culturally infused social network Analysis
AU - Santos, Eunice E.
AU - Santos, Eugene
AU - Pan, Long
AU - Wilkinson, John T.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Social networks are an important way to represent and analyze social phenomena. One aspect that is critical in order to provide relevant and useful analyses is the capability to infuse culture systematically. Cultural elements are typically either lacking or implicitly (and sometimes unintentionally) embedded in social network construction. Thus, current SNA approaches must deal with imprecise, un-realistic, and incomplete data. In this paper, we propose a generic approach to systematically model culture and infuse it into social networks to obtain more realistic and complete social network data sets that can provide insight into the probable intentions and behaviors of the actors in the network. In fact, in this paper we will introduce the concept of culturally-infused social networks, their construction, and their capability to provide fuller and more relevant social network analyses.
AB - Social networks are an important way to represent and analyze social phenomena. One aspect that is critical in order to provide relevant and useful analyses is the capability to infuse culture systematically. Cultural elements are typically either lacking or implicitly (and sometimes unintentionally) embedded in social network construction. Thus, current SNA approaches must deal with imprecise, un-realistic, and incomplete data. In this paper, we propose a generic approach to systematically model culture and infuse it into social networks to obtain more realistic and complete social network data sets that can provide insight into the probable intentions and behaviors of the actors in the network. In fact, in this paper we will introduce the concept of culturally-infused social networks, their construction, and their capability to provide fuller and more relevant social network analyses.
KW - Bayesian knowledge base
KW - Culturally-infused social network
KW - Culture
KW - Social network analysis
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:62749162643
SN - 1601320728
SN - 9781601320728
T3 - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2008 and Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications
SP - 449
EP - 455
BT - Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2008 and Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications
T2 - 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2008 and 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications, MLMTA 2008
Y2 - 14 July 2008 through 17 July 2008
ER -