Modeling and Analysis of Social Phenomena: Challenges and Possible Research Directions
Federico Vázquez
Abstract
This opening editorial aims to interest researchers and encourage novel research in the closely related fields of sociophysics and computational social science. We briefly discuss challenges and possible research directions in the study of social phenomena, with a particular focus on opinion dynamics. The aim of this Special Issue is to allow physicists, mathematicians, engineers and social scientists to show their current research interests in social dynamics, as well as to collect recent advances and new techniques in the analysis of social systems.
Topics & Concepts
Management scienceFocus (optics)Computer scienceData scienceEngineering ethicsSocial dynamicsField (mathematics)PhysicsArtificial intelligenceEngineeringPure mathematicsMathematicsOpticsOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluenceComplex Network Analysis TechniquesMisinformation and Its Impacts