Developing Sustainability Pathways for Social Simulation Tools and Services

开发社交模拟工具和服务的可持续发展途径

• 批准号: ES/J010049/1
• 负责人: Rob Procter
• 金额: $ 6.29万
• 依托单位: University of Manchester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2011
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2011 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FJ010049%2F1
• 关键词: Developing; Sustainability; Pathways; Social; Simulation

Our strategy for building a sustainable infrastructure and services for social simulation has three elements: 1) developing of a pilot service for delivery to a selected UK market sector; 2) establishing the technical requirements for social simulation infrastructure and services; and 3) researching the wider market potential and business models for sustainable social simulation services.For the pilot social simulation service we have chosen to focus on the UK academic sector, and on graduate training provision in particular. This choice is informed by a number of factors: first, our experience of delivering training for this sector (including a seminar on social simulation at the Oxford DTC in June 2011); second, the potential for significant impact from introducing early career researchers to social simulation; and third, our familiarity with many of the key groups and stakeholders within it.A training infrastructure (t-infrastructure) is needed to underpin these training activities and it is important to note that this involves not merely the provision of computational and storage resources but also organisational arrangements such as technical support and administration, including the booking of facilities and managing any funding streams. The arrangements made need to be closely aligned with the provisions for production use of a social simulation infrastructure to give students a training experience that will readily translate into practice. The experience of providing social simulation services to the North West and White Rose DTCs will be used to develop a migration pathway, including business models, which will support the diffusion of these services both to other DTCs and to other sectors.The NeISS and Talisman projects have established contacts to a number of distinct sectors and user communities in I) Research (e.g. Geography; Transport; Town Planning; Social Policy; Health Sciences; Economics; nationally and internationally), II) Teaching (Higher and Secondary Education; Professional Organisations), III) Policy decision making and planning (e.g. Housing; Transport; Work & Pensions; Local Councils; Central Government; NGO), IV) the Public Sector (Individuals; Community Organisations; Special Interest Groups), and V) the Business Sector (e.g. Consultants; Data Providers; Utilities; Insurance Companies; Retailers). Cultivating and widening our scope and user community is an ongoing activity.

我们为社会模拟构建可持续基础设施和服务的战略包含三个要素：1）开发向选定的英国市场部门提供的试点服务； 2）建立社交模拟基础设施和服务的技术要求； 3）研究可持续社会模拟服务的更广泛的市场潜力和商业模式。对于试点社会模拟服务，我们选择将重点放在英国学术界，特别是研究生培训的提供上。这一选择取决于多种因素：首先，我们为该领域提供培训的经验（包括 2011 年 6 月在牛津 DTC 举办的社会模拟研讨会）；其次，将早期职业研究人员引入社会模拟可能产生重大影响；第三，我们熟悉其中的许多关键群体和利益相关者。需要培训基础设施（t-基础设施）来支持这些培训活动，值得注意的是，这不仅涉及提供计算和存储资源，还涉及技术支持和管理等组织安排，包括设施预订和管理任何资金流。所做的安排需要与社会模拟基础设施的生产使用规定紧密结合，以便为学生提供易于转化为实践的培训体验。向西北和白玫瑰 DTC 提供社会模拟服务的经验将用于开发迁移途径，包括商业模式，这将支持这些服务向其他 DTC 和其他部门的传播。NeISS 和 Talisman 项目已与 I) 研究中的许多不同部门和用户社区建立了联系（例如地理、交通、城市规划、社会政策、健康科学、经济学、国家和地区） 国际），II）教学（高等教育和中等教育；专业组织），III）政策决策和规划（例如住房；交通；工作和养老金；地方议会；中央政府；非政府组织）；IV）公共部门（个人；社区组织；特殊兴趣团体）；V）商业部门（例如顾问；数据提供商；公用事业；保险公司；零售商）。培养和扩大我们的范围和用户社区是一项持续的活动。

项目成果

Scoping and Business Models Report

范围界定和商业模式报告

• 发表时间: 2012
• 作者: Poschen, M

Fostering the human infrastructure of e-research

促进电子研究的人力基础设施

• DOI: 10.1080/1369118x.2012.715667
• 发表时间: 2012
• 期刊: Information, Communication & Society
• 作者: Procter R

Developing Sustainability Pathways for Social Simulation Tools and Services

开发社交模拟工具和服务的可持续发展途径

• 发表时间: 2012
• 作者: Voss, A.