Early Warnings Signals in Social Critical Episodes

Abstract

The adaptive nature of the social system allows it to overcome the challenges imposed by its environment as well as to overcome those internal pressures. This adaptive process is associated with an increase in its internal complexity which has a cost for the social system since it must be managed, otherwise, it can trigger social unrest and crisis processes. In this project, we explore the close relationship between adaptation, social complexity, and crisis. Our results suggest that despite the loss of order in systems going through a crisis, there would be an emergence of new complex ephemeral structures of information which seem to be early-warnings signals of profound social transformations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 05, 2022
Accession Number
AD1181142

Entities

People

  • Carolina Urbina
  • Fernanda Morales
  • Gastn Olivares
  • Gerardo Ramírez Vidal
  • Juan Pablo Cárdenas
  • Miguel A Fuentes
  • Ren Curn
  • Waldo Ancacoy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Systems
  • Algorithms
  • Complex Adaptive Systems
  • Complex Systems
  • Computers
  • Data Sets
  • Data Storage Systems
  • Digital Media
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Human Behavior
  • Information Systems
  • Network Science
  • Political Systems
  • Probability Distributions
  • Self Organizing Systems
  • Social Media
  • Social Networking Services
  • Social Networks
  • Social Sciences
  • Societies
  • United States

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