Modeling Social Aspects of Collaborative Networks

• Type: Chapter or Part of a Book
• Date: 2004

Authors

António Lucas Soares (Author) FEUP; Jorge Pinho de Sousa (Author) FEUP

Book

Title: Collaborative Networked Organizations

Pages: 253-260

Scientific classification

FOS: Engineering and technology > Electrical engineering, Electronic engineering, Information engineering

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00G-ZPE

DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-7833-1_28

Abstract (EN): Modeling approaches are necessarily grounded in epistemic and ontological assumptions about the domain in question. Even in predominantly technical areas, these assumptions are Influenced by the worldview of methods, designers and users, being strongly shaped by cultural and social factors. Moreover, modeling social aspects of collaborative networks involves another level of complexity: the subject itself. In fact, we have to decide which social aspects are to be modeled and how they will be modeled. Both decisions are biased by cultural and social influences. In this work, we have tried to approach some fundamental issues of modeling social aspects of collaborative networks, taking into account these particular concerns.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8