Pipelines and their compositions for modeling and analysis of controlled online networked social science experiments

Vanessa Cedeno-Mieles, Zhihao Hu, Xinwei Deng, Noshir Contractor, Yihui Ren, Saliya Ekanayake, Brian J. Goode, Chris J. Kuhlman, Dustin Machi, Madhav V. Marathe, Henning H. Mortveit, Naren Ramakrishnan, Parang Saraf, Nathan Self, Joshua M. Epstein, Michael W. Macy

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Abstract

There has been significant growth in online social science experiments in order to understand behavior at-scale, with finer-grained data collection. Considerable work is required to perform data analytics for custom experiments. We also seek to perform repeated networked experiments and modeling in an iterative loop. In this work, we design and build four composable and extensible automated software pipelines for (1) data analytics; (2) model property inference; (3) model/simulation; and (4) results analysis and comparisons between experimental data and model predictions. To reason about experiments and models, we design a formal data model. Our data model is for scenarios where subjects can repeat actions (from a set) any number of times over the game duration. Because the types of interactions and action sets are flexible, this class of experiments is large. Two case studies, on collective identity and complex contagion, illustrate use of the system.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWSC 2018 - 2018 Winter Simulation Conference
Subtitle of host publicationSimulation for a Noble Cause
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages774-785
Number of pages12
ISBN (Electronic)9781538665725
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2 2018
Event2018 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2018 - Gothenburg, Sweden
Duration: Dec 9 2018Dec 12 2018

Publication series

NameProceedings - Winter Simulation Conference
Volume2018-December
ISSN (Print)0891-7736

Conference

Conference2018 Winter Simulation Conference, WSC 2018
Country/TerritorySweden
CityGothenburg
Period12/9/1812/12/18

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications

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