Participatory modelling for poverty alleviation using fuzzy cognitive maps and OWA learning aggregation
Konstantinos Papageorgiou1, Pramod K Singh2, Elpiniki I Papageorgiou3,4
1Department of Computer Science and Telecommunications, University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece.
Abstract:
Participatory modelling is an emerging approach in the decision-making process through which stakeholders contribute to the representation of the perceived causal linkages of a complex system. The use of fuzzy cognitive maps (FCMs) for participatory modelling helps policy-makers develop dynamic quantitative models for strategising development interventions. The aggregation of knowledge from multiple stakeholders provides consolidated and more reliable results. Average aggregation is the most common aggregation method used in FCMs-based modelling for weighted interconnections between concepts. This paper proposes a new aggregation method using learning OWA (ordered weighted averaging) operators for aggregating FCM weights assigned by various stakeholders. Besides, we report a comparative analysis of 'OWA learning aggregation' with the conventional average aggregation method, while evaluating the theory of change for the world's most extensive poverty alleviation programme in India. The results of the FCMWizard web-based tool show that the proposed method provides an opportunity to policy-makers for evaluating outcomes of proposed policies while addressing social resilience and economic mobility.
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