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COMPLEX-IT: A Case-Based Modelling and Scenario Simulation Platform for Social Inquiry

  • Durham University

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Abstract

COMPLEX-IT is a case-based, mixed-methods platform for applied social inquiry into complex data/systems, designed to increase non-expert access to the tools of computational social science (i.e., cluster analysis, artificial intelligence, data visualization, data forecasting, and scenario simulation). In particular, COMPLEX-IT aids applied social inquiry though a heavy emphasis on learning about the complex data/system under study, which it does by (a) identifying and forecasting major and minor clusters/trends; (b) visualizing their complex causality; and (c) simulating scenarios for potential interventions. COMPLEX-IT is accessible through the web or can be run locally and is powered by R and the Shiny web framework.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-12
Number of pages12
JournalJournal of Open Research Software
Volume8
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Complex systems
  • case-based methods
  • computational modelling
  • data forecasting
  • data mining
  • data visualization
  • evaluation research
  • machine learning
  • social complexity theory

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