1st Edition

Advances in Design for Cross-Cultural Activities Part II

Edited By Denise M. Nicholson, Dylan D. Schmorrow Copyright 2013
    470 Pages 132 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This volume explores decision-making styles, including cooperative, collaborative, avoidant, competitive, and dominate that are commonly modified by the culture. Culture is not a stagnant phenomenon, and many variables need to be considered to accurately evaluation cultural differences in decision-making styles. Among many cultural factors, the individual ("I" culture) – collectivism ("we" culture) dimension is one of the most important influential factor to be considered when studying culture difference, including decision-making styles.

    MULTIFARIOUS MODELING DISCUSSIONS
    Stable versus flexible dynamic decision making across cultures: A growth mixture modeling approach, C. Güss, P. Fadil and J. Evans, USA, and S. Strohschneider, Germany
    Creating the foundations for modeling irregular warfare, D. Hartley and L. Lacy, USA
    Granular ABM simulations for operational use: Forecasting and what-if experiments with models of Kandahar and Kunduz, B. Alcorn, M. Garces and I. Lustick, USA
    Culture that works, S. Wertheim and M. Agar, USA
    Discovering entity characteristics and relationships through topic modeling, I. Yohai, B. Riordan, A. Duchon and M. Paley, USA
    A non-therapeutic, micro-worlds based, application of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) to fostering cross-cultural competence, K. Reene, M. Crozier and G. Sarkessian, USA
    What lies beneath: Forecast transparency to foster understanding and trust in forecast models, J. Wedgwood, A. Ruvinsky and T. Siedlecki, USA
    Combining social and environmental models, I. Yohai, R. McCormack, J. Sidman, J. Galantowicz, C. Borden and S. Pritchett, USA

    VERIFICATION, VALIDATION, AND ASSESSMENT
    Fundamentals in empirical validation of and analysis with social science models, P. Davis, USA
    Al-Qa'ida through a discursive lens, E. Larson, USA
    Countering the adversary, B. Levey, S. Shellman and P. Bentley, USA
    Interfacing and validating models of the US Army TRAC tactical war game, D. Duong and C. Bladon, USA
    Multi-modeling and socio-cultural complexity: Reuse and validation, K. Carley, G. Morgan, M. Lanham and J. Pfeffer, USA
    A V&V approach for complex models: A use case example, J. Salerno, D. Leedom, J. Wedgewood, B. Schlicher and J. Smith, USA
    Multi-modeling and meta-modeling of human organizations, A. Levis, A. Zaidi and M. Rafi, USA
    Verification as a form of validation: Deepening theory to broaden application of DOD protocols to the social sciences, I. Lustick and M. Tubin, USA
    Establishing bounds of responsible operational use of social science models via innovations in verification and validation, A. Ruvinsky, J. Wedgwood and J. Welsh, USA
    Contextual validation: Concept and application, D. Sallach, USA

    LANGUAGE, TRUST, AND CULTURE
    Improvements in the Jabari event coder, D. Van Brackle and P. Haglich, USA
    Effect of culture on search strategies, M. Fendley and P. Kidambi, USA
    Using language to influencing another's decision, R. Yager and F. Petry, USA
    Assessing attitudes in unstructured text, T. Hawes and P. David, USA
    Analysis of discourse for indications and warnings, L. Fenstermacher, L. Kuznar and M. Yager, USA
    Socio-linguistic factors and gender mapping across real and virtual world cultures, A. Lawson, K. Leveque, J. Murray and W. Wang, USA, N. Taylor, J. Jenson and S. de Castell, Canada
    The language of distance perception: Cultural and linguistic implications in distance perception, T. Endsley, UK
    Building trust in a counterinsurgency context, D. Combs, USA, C. Garris, Saudi Arabia, S. Blincoe, USA, and S. Aldamer, Saudi Arabia

    SOCIAL MEDIA AND CULTURE
    Social networks, social media, social change, J. Pfeffer and K. Carley, USA
    Identifying differences in cultural behavior in online groups, M. Gregory, D. Engel, E. Bell and L. McGrath, USA
    Inferring demographic attributes and extracting political discourse from Nigerian social media, C. Fink, J. Kopecky and N. Bos, USA
    The use of microworlds in the study of dynamic decision making across cultures, C. Güss and J. Evans, USA
    Speech and cultural recognition in a virtual experiential environment, D. Rea, USA
    Network discovery: Measuring cause and effect behind event and social networks, P. Walker, T. Anglero and I. Davidson, USA
    Cultural analytics through image features extraction and exploration, P. Naeimi and E. Stroulia, Canada

    SOCIAL SCIENCE AND CULTURE
    How the Obama Administration misconstrued the Arab Spring and repeated the errors of the Bush Doctrine, J. Pidluzny, USA
    The crisis of the West, the challenge of technology, and the reaffirmation of political philosophy, M. Bessette, USA
    American legal education and the Supreme Court in the 1920s, R. Williams, USA
    The philosophical foundations of the crisis of Western Civilization, M. Hail, USA
    A toolbox for countering extremist religious truths, S. Bar, Israel
    From particles to people: Social, cultural and behavioral dynamics in insurgency, terrorism and beyond, N. Johnson, USA
    What is cross-culture? A. Löfström, Sweden
    Socio-cultural modeling through decision-theoretic agents with theory of mind, D. Pynadath and S. Marsella, USA
    Predictive societal indicators of radicalism – Forecasting political violence, S. Bell, A. Caglayan, L. Cassani and A. Murdie, USA
    Population sentiment modeling in support of ISAF Joint Command, L. Cassani, A. Caglayan, J. Alavedra, S. Das, W. Morgan and L. Mooney, USA
    Semantic integration of socio-cultural knowledge for complex operations, L. Cassani, A. Caglayan, W. Morgan, L. Mooney, A. Boyles and B. Weiss, USA 

    Biography

    Nicholson\, Denise M.; Schmorrow\, Dylan D.