Delineating Cultural Models

Abstract

This research describes research conducted in order to develop an understanding of the cognitive factors that influence cultural models of belief. We evaluated the current state of the art in opinion dynamics research, and provided a brief review of the main issues connecting memory representation and representation in opinion dynamics. We also identified an extended bibliography covering representations and functions in cultural modeling research, and a database of news headlines highlighting potential real-world sources of cultural beliefs in conflict. Finally, we present two research articles that describe a new simulation approach to opinion dynamics that use belief spaces rather than simple single-value attitudes to represent the knowledge being exchanged.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 25, 2010
Accession Number
ADA542838

Entities

People

  • Shane T Mueller

Organizations

  • Applied Research Associates (United States)

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agent-Based Simulations
  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Climate Change
  • Cognition
  • Cognitive Science
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Science
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Geography
  • International Relations
  • Mathematical Models
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Organizational Structure
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Societies

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Space