Social and Economic Systems Studies: The Journal of the Japan Association for Social and Economic Systems Studies
Online ISSN : 2432-6550
Print ISSN : 0913-5472
Socion Theory : A System Dynamic Approach to Social Network
Yohji KIMURA
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1992 Volume 11 Pages 50-56

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Abstract
"Socion"is our term for a transmitting unit("person")of social network named after neuron.Each socion outputs internal stste ("attiude")through information channels weighted selectively by the other coupled socions.The internal state of a given socion is determined by the integration of weighted inputs from the other socions, which we call "selective heteronomy" "Socios", a network of socions' tends to evolve some emergent social order througeh the system dynamics of channel-weights adjusting process, mediated by the learning behavior of individual socions.Our aim is to describe and explain this self-organizing dynamics of social network system, through computor simulation, as well as thought experiment. Socion theory might provide a new theoretical paradigm for communication study, group dynamics and sociology in general.
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