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An Agent-Based Social Simulation for Citizenship Competences and Conflict Resolution Styles

International Journal on Semantic Web and Information Systems
Journal · Vol. 18 · Issue 1
Abstract

The development of citizenship competences plays an important role in a complex system like society. Thus, to analyze how such competences impact other contexts is a great challenge because this kind of study involves the work with people and the use of variables that depend on human behaviors. In this sense, many studies have highlighted the advantage of using simulation systems and tools. In particular, the agent-based social simulation field relies upon the Semantic Web to manage knowledge representation in social scenarios. This study focuses on how citizenship competences impact conflict resolution. Moreover, a simulation model in which citizens interact to resolve conflicts by considering citizenship competences and conflict resolution styles is also introduced. It was developed in NetLogo together with an extension that connects it with the ontology of competences. Results show that the higher interactions of citizens-conflicts, the higher level of citizenship competences, and the number of conflicts solved is higher when using citizenship competences. © 2022 IGI Global. All rights reserved.

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citizenship competences ontology Agent-Based Social Simulation Conflict Resolution Styles NetLogo

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Behavioral research Ontology's Knowledge representation Agent based social simulation Citizenship competence Conflict Resolution Conflict resolution style Human behaviors Knowledge-representation NetLogo Semantic-Web Simulation systems Ontology
Author Affiliations
Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Bogota, Colombia
Universidad Nacional de Colombia Manizales, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia
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