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The HoneyComb Paradigm for Research on Collective Human Behavior
Published on: January 19, 2019
在人类通信活动中的普遍性
R Dean Malmgren1, Daniel B Stouffer, Andriana S L O Campanharo
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. dean.malmgren@u.northwestern.edu
概括
人类的沟通模式,包括信件和电子邮件,是由日常周期和不断变化的需求驱动的,而不仅仅是对消息的反应. 这项研究揭示了通信背后的普遍机制.
科学领域:
- 计算社会科学 计算社会科学
- 网络科学 网络科学
- 人类行为建模模型
背景情况:
- 了解人类活动模式对于疾病预测和资源管理等多种应用至关重要.
- 书面通信,如信件和电子邮件,由于其可用性和相关性,可以作为研究人类活动的宝贵代理.
- 一个普遍的理论表明,人类的通信主要是反应性的,由对接收到的信息的反应驱动,需要特定的响应机制.
研究的目的:
- 研究和模拟人类通信中的模式,特别关注写信.
- 确定驱动电子邮件通信的机制是否也适用于信件通信.
- 确认识别的通讯机制在不同形式的书面通信中具有普遍性.
主要方法:
- 分析了来自不同职业 (作家,表演者,政治家,科学家) 的16个个人的通信模式.
- 模拟的信件通信数据使用诸如昼夜周期,任务重复和不断变化的沟通需求等因素.
- 从信件和电子邮件通信中重新调整统计数据,以比较和识别潜在的相似之处.
主要成果:
- 研究人员发现,信件通信模式是通过昼夜周期,任务重复和不断变化的沟通需求来描述的,类似于电子邮件模式.
- 该研究表明,反应反应机制不需要解释观察到的对应模式.
- 调整通信统计数据显示,信件和电子邮件通信模式之间存在着潜在的普遍性.
结论:
- 管理人类通信的机制,包括日常节奏和与任务相关的需求,在不同的通信方式 (如信件和电子邮件) 中是一致的.
- 人类的沟通模式不仅仅是由对接收到的信息的直接反应驱动的,而是由更广泛的,可预测的因素驱动的.
- 这些发现支持通过书面通信来理解人类活动模式的统一模型.
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