The emergence of computational sociology

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7101632
AutoresNorman P Hummon (University of Pittsburgh, autor correspondente), Thomas J Fararo (University of Pittsburgh)
Ano1995
Volume20
Fascículo2-3
Páginas79-87
Data de publicação1995-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Mathematical Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0022-250X • E-ISSN: 1545-5874
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/0022250x.1995.9990155
OpenAlexW2087855121
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas16
Referências citadas13

The world of science has undergone a major transformation by virtue of technological innovations in computing and information proessing. Sociology is one site in which this change is being played out. Our basic aim is to set out a revised image of any modern science, within which we can conceptualize and discuss the role of a newly emergent subfield we term computational sociology. Specifically, we expand the familiar two‐component model of a science, featuring a theoretical and an empirical side, to include a computational component. We show how the three components interrelate in a triangular system in which empirical data analysis, theoretical explanation and computer simulation link the three components. We close our paper with a brief discussion of how one new development in computation relates to concepts of sociology, an instance of the hybrid character of computational sociology

Cognitive science · Component (thermodynamics · Data science · Epistemology · Management science · Mathematical sociology · Set (abstract data type · Social science · Sociology · Transformation (genetics · Computer Science · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice · Opinion Dynamics and Social Influence · Psychology · Social Power and Status Dynamics