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This page contains a list of places/web-links and contact details for Professional Organisations, Regular courses, workshops and summer schools and/or researchers interested in supervising research students in these areas. There is also some information on useful software and literature in this field.
If you would like to add information on other institutions also providing courses and training in these fields, please contact us
Professional Organisations
Internation Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
European Social Simulation Association (ESSA)
North American Association for Computational Social and Organisational Sciences (NAACSOS)
Pacific-Asian Association for Agent-based Approach in Social Systems Sciences (PAAA)
Decision Analysis Society
International Society of Artificial Life
European Public Choice Society
The Society for Political Methodology
Public Choice Society
International Society of Dynamic Games
The Association of European Operational Research Societies
If you would like to add information here on other Research Institutes and Centres relevant to the Dynamics Lab website, please contact us
Research Institutes, Centres and Groups
Agent Based Computational Economics (Iowa State University)
Argonne National Laboratory Decision and Information Sciences
ALGODEC Algorithmic Decision Theory (COST)
CASL University College Dublin
CASOS
Centre for Social Complexity
Centre for Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan
Centre for Non Linear Studies (CNLS) Los Alamos
Centre for Policy Modelling
Collective Dynamics Group
Complex Systems
CRESS, Univerity of Surrey
Dynamics of Networks and Behaviour (University of Groningen and Utrecht, Netherlands)
Formation of Social and Economic Networks (Iowa State University)
Innovation Policy Unit, University College Dublin
MIT Media Lab (Emergence Project)
Microsimulation Unit, University of Essex
The Institute for Quantitative Social Science (Harvard University)
International Sociological Association (RC45)
UCD Natural Computing Research and Applications (NCRA)
NATSEM University of Canberra
CMSS University College Dublin
Networked Governance
Rationality and Society ASA
Santa Fe Institute
The Nuffield Network of Network Researchers
VLAB (Monash University)
ECPR Standing Group on Analytical Politics and Public Choice
The Dynamics of Networks and Behaviour
Social Network Analysis (Homepage of Tom Snijders)
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Social Network Analysis Courses/Workshops
Ireland:
Europe:
Here find a number of web links to more information on training opportunities in Social Network Analysis:
For an extensive list of courses, check the INSNA webpage www.INSNA.org
USA and other:
Here find a number of web links with more more information on training in Social Network Analysis:
For an extensive list of courses, check the INSNA webpage www.INSNA.org
Group Processes/Group Decision Modelling Courses/Workshops
Ireland:
Europe:
- ICS, Universities of Groningen, Utrecht and Nijmegan
- Department of Politics and Management, University of Konstanz
- Public Administration, University of Leiden
- ECPR Analytical Politics and Public Choice Summer Schools
- Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
- Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia
- ESSEC Business School, France
- Institute for Logic, language and Computation, Amsterdam
- Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
- Department of Management, LSE
- Manchester Business School
- ORIS Group Warwick
- Technical University of Lisbon
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Social Simulation/Computational Social Science Courses/Workshops
Although Social Network Analysis and Group Decision Making Processes can include Social Simulation, here are a number of web links with more information with training specifically on Social Simulation:
Ireland:
Europe:
USA and other:
Social Networks and Simulation research resources: Software, Literature etc
Social Network Analysis Software
Here is a list* of different types of software developed for Social Network Analysis.
- GUESS Network visualisation software
- GraphViz Graph Visualisation software
- iKnow Web-based tool for to map and visualise knowledge and informational flow through organisational networks*
- InFlow (Valdis Krebs) Visualisation and analysis of network data
- Keyplayer Identifies optimal sets of nodes
- Krackplot Visualisation of data
- Multinet Analysis (advanced) and visualisation of complex network data
- Netdraw (See Ucinet)
- NetMiner Exploratory and Visualisation of Network Data
- NetVis Module Open source network tool to analyse and visualise social networks
- Otter Network Visualisation Tool
- Pajek Analysis and Visualisation of large data sets
- R module Social Network Analysis
- Sentinel Visualizer
- SIENA Open source, advanced social network analysis for longitudinal data
- StOCNET Open source; advanced social network analysis and visualisation
- SoNIA java based, visualisation of longitudinal network data
- TouchGraph network visualisations based on Facebook, Google and Amazon.com data
- UCINET/NetDraw Analysis and Visualisation of network data: Widely used by academics.
- Visone Visualisation of network data
- Xigi.net Uses user data to show connnections between organisations and people
*Sources for list of SNA software
1. The International Network for Social Network Analysis's software catalogue
2. Huisman, M and van Duijn, M.A.J. (2005) Software for Social Network Analysis. In Peter J. Carrington, John Scott and Stanley Wasserman (eds) "Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis" (pp 270-316), Cambridge University Press.
3.Philanthropy and Networks Exploration
4. Overview of Network Visualisation Tools (CAIDA)
Online Data Collection Tools for Social Network Analysis
Other Resources for Social Network Analysis
Academic Journals
Textbooks/Articles
- Brandes, U. and T.Erlebach (2005) Network Analysis: Methodological Foundations. Berlin-Heidelberg
- Carrington, P.J., J. Scott, et al. (2005) Models and Methods in Social Network Analysis. Cambridge University Press
- Degenne, A. and M.Forse (1999) Introducing Social Networks. London/Thousand Oaks/New Delhi. sage Publications.
- De Nooy, W., A. Mrvar. et al (2005) Exploratory Social Network Analysis with Pajek. New York.
- Freeman, L.C. (2004) The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the Sociology of Science. Vancouver, BC Canada: Empirical Press.
- Hanneman, R.A. and M.Riddle (2005) Introduction to social network methods. Riverside C.A.: University of California, Riverside (published in digital form- Free online introduction to Social Network Analysis)
- Scott, J. (1991) Social Network Analysis: A Handbook. London
- Valente, T.W. (1995) Network Models of the Diffusion of Innovations. Cresskill: Hampton Press.
- Wasserman, S. and K. Faust (1994) Social network analysis: methods and applications. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Books/Bibliographies/Other
Group Decision Making Analysis
Group Decision Making Software
Other Resources for Group Decision Making Analysis
Academic Journals
Textbooks/Articles
- Morton, A and B, Fasolo (2008) Behavioural decision theory for multi-criteria decision analysis: a guided tour. Journal of Operational Research Society
- Ostrom, E (1990) Governing the Commons. The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action. Cambridge University Press.
- Gintis, H (2000) Game Theory Evolving. A Problem-Centred Introduction to Modelling Strategic Interaction. Princeton University Press.
- Bergin, J (2005) Microeconomic Theory. A Concise Course. Oxford University Press.
- Chevaleyre, Y et al (2005) A Short Introduction to Computational Social Choice. See http://staff.science.uva.nl/~ulle/pubs/files/ChevaleyreEtAlSOFSEM2007.pdf (4/6/08).
- Bueno de Mesquita, B., Newman, D and Rabushka, A. (1996) Forecasting political events. The future of Hong Kong. New Haven. Yale University Press.
- Stokman, F.N. and Van den Bos, J.M.M (1992) A two-stage model of policymaking with an empirical test in the US energy-policy domain. In: Moore, G. and Whitt, J.A. (eds). Research in politics and society, vol.4.
- Thomson, R et al. (2003) Models of Collective Decision Making. Rationality and Society.15 (1):5.
- Brugha, C (2006) Conflict Decision Processes: With Illustrations from Ireland ISI M &MC
- Cunningham, S.W. et al (2007) Decision Making for New Technology: A Multi-Actor, Multi-Objective Method PICMET Proceedings
Books/Bibliographies/Other
Agent Based Social Simulation
Social Simulation Software
- RePast free open source agent based modelling toolkit
- SWARM Platform for agent based models
- StarLogo programmable modelling environment for decentralised systems
- Virtual Laboratory (Monash University) Access to Complexity Virtual Lab (VLAB)
- EcoLab software package for examining dynamics of evolution
- International Society of Artificial Life: Links to various AI Software and Description
- MASON a mult-agent simulation toolkit
- NetLogo cross-platform, multiagent programmable modelling environment
- Breve 3D simulation environment for multi-agent simulation
Other Resources for Social Simulation
Academic Journals
Textbooks/Articles
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Miller, J.H and Page, S.E (2007) Complex Adaptive Systems: An Introduction to Computational Models of Social Life. Princeton University Press.
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Epstein, J (2006) Generative Social Science. Studies in Agent-Based Computational Modeling. Princeton University Press.
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North, M.J. and C. Macal (2007) Managing Business Complexity. Discovering Strategic Solutions with Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation. Oxford University Press.
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Gilbert, n (2008) Agent-Based Models. Sage Series: Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences. No 153.Sage Publications.
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Hedstrom, P. (2005) Dissecting the Social. On the Principles of Analytical Sociology. Cambridge University Press.
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Axelrod, R (1997) The Complexity of Cooperation. Agent-Based Models of Competition and Collaboration. Princeton Studies in Complexity.Princeton University Press.
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Useful Web Links