Title :
Computational intelligence: An excellent way to theorising in social sciences
Author :
Ladislav Andrasik
Author_Institution :
Slovak university of technology Bratislava, Slovakia
Abstract :
The creation of theories in the class of social sciences by the CI assistance is considered. The author asserts that there are at least two possible approaches to spread out some social theories by the assistance of CI. The first is so called fabula like approach to evolving theory. The second one is sujet akin. Both we can understand as metaphor for divergent forms of narrative construction of social theory. Those two possible approaches narrowly correspond with two methods of building computational models for theories: the first is method of creation model from bottom to up and the opposite one - from up to down. Because the most of social phenomena are discrete nature there is emerging the needs to apply advance and so, of course, difficult topological methods. In those circumstances are coming the alternative helps from CI assistance. The author also maintains that majority of social phenomena have population-like-evolving character. The other separation of social theories is coming apart quantitative (and/or statistical, econometrical) approaches against qualitative one. That spirit of possible social theories is in narrow correlation with fabula-sujet like approaches. The present paper focuses some examples of partial theories of social sciences building by the aid of CI products. The author emphasizes focus on qualitative social theories.
Keywords :
"Biological system modeling","Economics","Computational modeling","Laboratories","Buildings","Cognition","Computational intelligence"
Conference_Titel :
Computational Intelligence and Informatics (CINTI), 2010 11th International Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9279-4
DOI :
10.1109/CINTI.2010.5672247