TY - GEN
T1 - An agent-based model for simultaneous phone and SMS traffic over time
AU - Joseph, Kenneth
AU - Wei, Wei
AU - Carley, Kathleen M.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The present work describes a utility-based, multi-agent, dynamic network model of phone call and SMS traffic in a population. The simulation is novel in its ability to generate interactions from both an asymmetric and a symmetric media simultaneously. Within the model, we develop and test a simple extension to the theory of media multiplexity, a well-known theory of how humans use the communication media available to them with different alters (friends). Model output qualitatively matches patterns in real data at the network-level and with respect to how humans use SMS and voice calls with different alters and thus shows general support for our theoretical claim.
AB - The present work describes a utility-based, multi-agent, dynamic network model of phone call and SMS traffic in a population. The simulation is novel in its ability to generate interactions from both an asymmetric and a symmetric media simultaneously. Within the model, we develop and test a simple extension to the theory of media multiplexity, a well-known theory of how humans use the communication media available to them with different alters (friends). Model output qualitatively matches patterns in real data at the network-level and with respect to how humans use SMS and voice calls with different alters and thus shows general support for our theoretical claim.
KW - agent-based modeling
KW - dynamic networks
KW - interpersonal communication theory
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84874793934
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_8
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-37210-0_8
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84874793934
SN - 9783642372094
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 65
EP - 74
BT - Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction - 6th International Conference, SBP 2013, Proceedings
T2 - 6th International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction, SBP 2013
Y2 - 2 April 2013 through 5 April 2013
ER -