Information Network Flows and Social and Economic Outcomes: Models, Prediction, and Regulation

信息网络流和社会经济成果：模型、预测和监管

• 批准号: 424187-2012
• 负责人: Corbo, Jacomo
• 金额: $ 1.38万
• 依托单位: University of Ottawa
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2013-01-01 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=531812
• 关键词: Information; Network; Flows; Social; Economic

This research project is a three-part program that examines how the structure and dynamic of information flows-as well as the information technologies that facilitate and modify these processes-impact the productivity, performance, and more broadly, the behaviour, of individuals and organizations. First, the research will map the flow of information in real organizations over time and will combine economic theories of production with social network theory to estimate the effects of information propagation on the performance and productivity of individuals and organizations. Second, the project will develop general models of information diffusion and of behaviour in large-scale networked settings using a number of data sets relating to real organizations as well as online social networks. Third, the research will develop methods for improving or otherwise regulating information networks. This work will advance economic theory about information worker production, operations theory relating to resource allocation methods in organizations, sociological theory concerning the propagation of information in social networks, indirect mechanism design in large-scale environments, and statistical methods to model and forecast outcomes in information networks. The central goals of the project are: 1) to estimate and enhance the productivity of information workers, 2) to model, measure and improve organizational performance and our ability to forecast organizational behaviours, and 3) to improve performance-related intervention strategies in information-networked environments. The proposed activities are designed to have broad impact for science, engineering, education, and society. Our understanding of information worker productivity is increasingly paramount to economic growth. Developing robust, practical intervention strategies for regulating the behaviour of networked systems is important in domains ranging from organizational design to epidemiology to viral marketing. The project's emphasis on modeling and forecasting organizational performance will have important implications for how enterprises are organized and how resources within them are allocated.

该研究项目由三个部分组成，旨在研究信息流的结构和动态，以及促进和修改这些过程的信息技术如何影响个人和组织的生产力、绩效，更广泛地说，影响行为。首先，该研究将绘制真实组织中随时间的信息流动图，并将生产的经济理论与社会网络理论相结合，以估计信息传播对个人和组织的绩效和生产力的影响。第二，该项目将利用与真实组织和在线社会网络有关的若干数据集，开发大规模网络环境中信息扩散和行为的一般模型。第三，该研究将开发改进或以其他方式规范信息网络的方法。这项工作将推进信息工作者生产的经济学理论、组织中资源配置方法的运筹学理论、社会网络中信息传播的社会学理论、大尺度环境中的间接机制设计以及信息网络结果建模和预测的统计方法。该项目的中心目标是：1)估计和提高信息工作者的生产力，2)建模、测量和改进组织绩效和我们预测组织行为的能力，以及3)改进信息网络环境中与绩效相关的干预策略。建议的活动旨在对科学、工程、教育和社会产生广泛影响。我们对信息工作者生产力的理解对经济增长越来越重要。在组织设计、流行病学和病毒营销等领域，为调节网络系统的行为制定稳健、实用的干预策略是很重要的。项目对组织绩效建模和预测的强调将对企业如何组织以及如何在企业内部分配资源具有重要的含义。