Collective Modeling of Human Social Behavior

No. 4: Human Behavior Modeling

Volume

Papers from the 2009 AAAI Spring Symposium

Contents

This paper presents my vision for collective behavior mod- eling: simultaneously modeling the behavior of all people within a group while taking into account the structure of their social ties. I believe that collective behavior modeling will provide new insights into the relationship between local individual behavior and global social structure while also improving the accuracy of predictions about human behavior. I summarize my work to date in the area, consider related work by others, and discuss the challenges and opportunities for future work.