The research project "Modelling Communication Flow" concerns the study of flux of information in complex social systems. We suggest the possibility that through modelling communication networks, we can discover new previously unknown emergent patterns in social systems of various kinds. The recognition of communicative structures in social systems will allow to predict and interpret behaviour in social networks representing relations in complex social systems.
You will be able to find in this web site an explanation of our ideas and experiments, some papers, videos and slide presentations, as well as some discussion regarding the most polemic aspects of our proposals.
You can participate in the discussion and your point of view will be wellcome.
Main activities until now:
Washington, 8-11 November 2007. Presentation of the paper "Detecting emergence in the interplay of networks" at the AAAI Fall Symposium 2007 of the Association for Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), concerning the subject “Emergent Agents and Socialities: Social and Organizational Aspects of Intelligence”.
Toulouse, 10-14 September 2007. Presentation of the paper "Emergence in Social Networks: Modeling the Intentional Properties of Multi-Agent Systems" at the ESSA 2007 – The Fourth Conference of The European Social Simulation Association.
Arrábida, 2-4 July 2007. Presentation of the communication "Calling Barbara". Workshop on Complexity Sciences: Life Sciences, organized by the Institute for Complexity Sciences.
Lisbon, June 2007: model of the second case study: Smart Mobs.
Prague, 3-5 June 2007. Presentation of the paper "Pattern-oriented analysis of communication flow: the case study of Cicada barbara lusitanica" at the ECMS 2007 - 21st European Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Nominated to "Best Paper Award".
Lisbon and El Paso, January 2007: start of the discussions and model of the first case study: Cicada barbara lusitanica.
